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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Aisha Gaddafi <aisha.gaddafi1@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 06:26:58 -0300
Subject: From Aisha Gaddafi,

From Aisha Gaddafi,

Dearest ,

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known or come across each other before considering the fact that I sourced your profile when searching for a trusted person who can assist me. I am contacting you due to the problem in my family since the problem of my country and the death of my beloved father and my half brother Saif al-Arab who died by NATO air strike.

I am Aisha Gaddafi,only daughter of Muammar Gaddafi, the embattled president of Libya; I am currently residing in Africa, unfortunately as a refugee. Our investments and bank accounts in several countries have been freeze by the Nato. Insha Allahu, I will make you a part of my family, if you can help me out at this difficult time. I have $10.5 M USD with a private Bank. I don't want anybody to know about this or my accounts will be freeze. There is an international conspiracy to seize our family accounts/investments around the world.

If you are interested to assist me in this regards kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details on how to proceed. l want to assure you that I will compensate you handsomely once the transfer is effected into your nominated bank account with 30% of the total fund that will be transfer in your bank account. Please get back to me for more detail and make sure you keep this issue strictly confidential for my own safety.

Yours sincerely

Aisha Gaddafi

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