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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: MRS AISHA GADDAFI <mrs.aisha.gaddafi01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.aisha.gaddafi001@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2015 22:24:58 +0100
Subject: Hope you heard about the crisis in Libya in 2011

*Hello Dear Hope i can trust you !My name is Aisha Gaddafi and I'm the
daughter of the former president of Libya late Muammar Gaddafi who was
killed in the civil war that took place in the year 2011 that ended up his
life on the 20th October 2011 Before the death of my father he made a
deposit of($8,420,000.00)USD in Nat West Bank England-London.No one knows
about the money except we the children and now my brother is in the prison
for trial of war crime so i am the only one left,I got an mail from the
security company that I have to come for the funds but now i can't go
because after the death of my father the UN and Libya Government has been
tracking all my father's wealth and money everywhere around the globe and
this was the last deposit my father made before he died,So I am looking for
a trust person to stand as my foreign beneficiary to help me claim the
funds and I am ready to reward whoever he or she may be and i will also let
the security company,know that I am appointing you as my beneficiary to
help me receive the funds from the Nat West Bank England-London.So I can
come out of my present ordeal and meet you I will start a new life I offer
you 30% of all your expenses, please keep this as a top secret between both
of us.I will send you my passport copy, deposit Slip,upon your responses,i
will send the application letter and the Nat West Bank England-London so
that you can apply for the funds,If interested please send me your1)Your
Full Name=============(2)Mobile Phone Number======(3)Current Home
Address========(4)Country====================(5)City======================(6)Nearest
Airport ==============(7)A Copy of Your I D For Identification or driving
licenseI will furnish you with more info as soon as I hear from you
indicatingyour interest to partner with me. At present I don't receive or
make callsfor security reason (s) as it is being monitored. All
communication isbased on Internet.Best Regards.Mrs Aisha Muammar Gaddafi.*

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