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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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Fraud email example:

From: David madul
Reply-To: <davidmadu89@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2015 12:30:31 +0400
Subject: Your Assistance Is Needed

Dear Friend,

I am happy to know you, But God knows you better and he knows why he has directed me to you at this point in time so do not be afraid. I saw your e-mail contact at ministries of commerce and foreign trade departments Algerian. Good Day

I am Barrister David madu, Attorney to the late Engr. Steve Moore, a national of Northern American, who used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in Nigeria, on the 11th of November, 2004. My client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagamu /Lagos Express Road.

Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several inquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I contacted you, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client, I can easily convince the bank with my legal practice that you are the only surviving relation of my client, otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about $15 million U.S dollars (Fifteen million U.S. America dollars), Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over several years now. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $15million U.S dollars can be paid to your account and then you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 50% to you.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through and also forward the following to me so that I can file an application of claim in your name to the bank immediately:

1, Your Full Names: …………………………………….

2, House Address:………………………………………

3, Your Country: ……………………………………….

4, Your Contact Telephone Number:…………………..

5, Your Age and Gender:…………………………………….

6, Your Occupation:…………………………………….

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me VIA my confidential email address as follows
davidmadu89@gmail.com
I am writing this mail to you with heavy sorrow in my heart,

My name is Ayesha Gaddafi, The only biological daughter of Late Former President of Libya. And I am contacting you because i don’t have any other option than to tell you as i was touched to open up to you, I am married to Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi, an army colonel with whom I had three children. Qahsi was killed, along with two of my children, in bombing raids.

Since the death of my father i have decided to make peace and leave happily, when my late father was alive he deposited the sum of us$550,000,000.00(Five Hundred And Fifty Million United States Dollars)in a Financial Institution in one of the African Countries. He told them that the fund belongs to one of his business associate abroad and presently this money is still in the Financial Institution. When the American government was chasing my father he hide some of his vital documents in my position and the deposit certificate of that fund was among. After my father death i went and hide the documents in a well secured place.

But after the whole problem that led to my Father's death and by the Grace of God i survived. I have lost all my Family and cannot contact any of them and that is why i know i am living for God as i saw my self as the only survived person in my family. I contacted you because i want to assist me to repatriate this fund by standing as my Father's business associate abroad. I shall present you as the recognized beneficiary and hand over the money to you and advice you the way you will spend it. You must make sure you secure it and share accordingly.

As a result of my situation at present, I decided to take 20% of the total sum. You will take 30% of the money for yourself and your Family, use 5% to replace all expenses if any. Then the remaining money to help the poor the aged, the motherless and the helpless. You will look for any International motherless babies home and donate 15%, same you will do for the age people, the poor and the helpless. If you do that even if i die my soul will rest in peace.

To make this clam possible I have already visited the finance institute where the fund was deposited by my father. They have requested me to provide my Father's business associate the beneficiary of the fund to make the claims.

I will give you the contact, Documents and the details that will enable you secure the money from the Financial Intuition as soon as i receive your response.

I shall wait for your kind response.

Your Sincerely

Ayesha Gaddafi.

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