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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: "aishagaddaffi2009@gmail.com" <aishagaddaffi2009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: gaisha547@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 16:26:37 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL


Salam Dear,I know this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never
meet before, but you need not to worry as I am using the only secured and
confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance in a
delivery. My name is Aisha Muammar Al-Gaddafi the former Libyan Goodwill
Ambassador of the U.N. and the daughter of late Muammar Al-Gaddafi the
former president of Libya. I am currently residing in Oman as a political
asylum seeker. At the moment my family is at risk and pains. 95% of our
investments and bank accounts in several countries are freezes. I am
writing this message with tears and sorrow from bottom my heart asking for
your help at this point in time,I got your contact through my personal
search for a trustworthy person who will understand my current
circumstances and comes to my rescue here in Oman.I have passed through
pains and sorrowful moment since the death of my father Muammar Muhammad
Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi,husband and brothers, all our foreign and local
accounts have been blocked by the western countries and we are not allowed
to make transfer or receive money from any country or source. I have been
commissioned to contact an interested foreign partner who will be able to
take absolute control of luggage boxes available in security company at
Athens Greece for a possible investment in your country. If this
transaction interests you, you don’t have to disclose it to anybody because
of what is going with my entire family, if the western nation happens to
know this luggage boxes in the Vault of the company, they will Freezing it
as they freeze others so keep this transaction for yourself only until we
finalize. I received an urgent email from the security company in Greece
that UN and new Libya government are tracing hidden deposit and assets I
deposited in their Vault When i visit Greece on this day 18-07-2010, I
don't want them to be aware of this particular luggage i deposited If you
can be of any assistant to me kindly get back to me so that i can furnish
you with the deposit details for verification and confirmation. I am
willing to reward you bountiful 20% of the total sum and 5% to cover any
expenses. which will be when the luggage is delivered to you. I am not
allow to make or answer any form of calls or video calls because that was
why i left Algeria, I have problems with the Algeria government, So i do
not want to have any problems with the Omani government during my stay here
in Omani because, They are tracing all my activities and this only way to
contact you, I want you to get the luggage immediately to continue to
invest in your country. . So if you can perform the installation and can
maintain a high level of confidentiality required for this project. All I
want is for you to be a Representative for me and my family and help us
take the luggage in a possible investment in your country immediately
before the new Libyan government finds out , because if they do,the luggage
will be forfeited.i am contacting you to be my representative to clam the
luggage ,please I really want you to help, hope to hear from you soon. Best
Regards.
Dr. Aisha Muammar Al-Gaddafi

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