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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: Miss Aisha Elgaddfi <missaishagaddafi01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: miss.aishaelgaddfii@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:00:51 +0200
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?INVERSI=D3N_DE_ASISTENCIA_DE_SRTA=2E_AISHA_EL_GADDAFI?=


INVERSIÓN DE ASISTENCIA DE SRTA. AISHA EL GADDAFI
Querido Uno,

Soy Miss.Aisha El Gadafi, una de las hijas del difunto presidente en guerra
de Libia (Late. Col.Muammar Gaddafi) Actualmente estoy residiendo en uno de
los países
africanos, desgraciadamente como refugiado.

Tengo la suma de EE.UU. $ (15.5million) quinientos mil en un banco en
Burkina Faso Llamado (ECO-BANK). que quiero que usted me ayude y reclamar.
Si este
interés transacción, por favor, responda yo de inmediato para obtener más
explicaciones y detalles.

Por favor, tenga con mi traducción. Por favor, póngase en contacto conmigo
a través de este mi dirección de correo electrónico alternativa si usted
está interesado
(miss.aishaelgaddfii@yahoo.fr)

Mejor relación
Srta. Aisha Gaddafi

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