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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: "AIESHA GADAFFI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aishagaddaffi1@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 10 May 2019 08:54:37 -0700
Subject: TOP SECRET FROM AIESHA GADDAFFI

Salam dear,

I'm the daughter of the former Leader of Libya late Muhammad 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 11,500 million US dollars with STANDARD

CHARTERED BANK . No one knows about the money except me i got an mail

from the bank 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 worthy person to stand as my foreign partner and 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 finance company know that i am appointing the person as my partner and beneficiary to help me receive the funds from the bank so i can come out of my present ordeal and go to somewhere i will start a new life. Dear this transaction will be legally smooth and free, please keep this as a secret between both of us. I will furnish you with more information about my incarceration here in Muscat Oman as soon as I hear from you. At present I don't receive or make calls for security reasons as it is being monitored.

All communication will be done via. Email.Kindly contact me through my

email for more legal details on how to contact the bank, my email is


aishagaddaffi1@outlook.com

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