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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 <wesunion522@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ya.aishagaddafi0@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2017 08:53:02 +0200
Subject: Dearest One,

Dearest One,

How are you today, I hope my mail meet you in good condition of
health? Dear I have decided to contact you after much thought
considering the fact that we have not meet before, but because of some
circumstance obliged me, I decided to contact you due to the urgency
of my present situation here in the refugee camp for your rescue and
also for a business venture/project which I need your assistant in
this business establishment in your country as my foreign partner as
well as my legal appointed trustee.

I am Aisha Muammar Gaddafi, the only daughter of the embattled
president of Libya, Hon. Muammar Gaddafi. I am currently residing in
Burkina Faso unfortunately as a refugee. I am writing this mail with
tears and sorrow from my heart asking for your urgent help. I have
passed through pains and sorrowful moment since the death of my late
father.

At the meantime, my family is the target of Western nations led by
Nato who wants to destroy my father at all costs. Our investments and
bank accounts in several countries are their targets to freeze. My
Father of blessed memory deposited the sum of $10.5M (Ten Million,
Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in (ECO) Bank Burkina Faso which he
used my name as the next of kin. I have been commissioned by the (ECO)
Bank to present an interested foreign investor/partner who can stand
as my trustee and receive the fund in his account for a possible
investment in his country due to my refugee status here in Burkina
Faso.

I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and
stand as my trustee so that I will present him to the Bank for the
transfer of the fund to his bank account overseas. I have chosen to
contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my
trust. But rather take me as your own sister or daughter. If this
transaction interest you, you don't have to disclose it to anybody
because of what is going with my entire family, if the united nation
happens to know this account, they will freezing it as they froze
others, so please keep this transaction only to yourself until we
finalize it.

Apologetic for my pictures I will enclose it in my next mail and more
about me when I hear from you okay. Please I want you to contact me
here on for more conversation. Thank and Best Regards, Yours
Sincerely.

CONTACT ME IN MY EMAIL ADDRESS,( ya.aishagaddafi0@yandex.com )

Aisha Gaddafi

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