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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 Al-Gaddafi <mrsaishagaddafi46@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2022 22:15:18 +0000
Subject: Greetings My Beloved Friend

Good Day Dear Friend,

How are you together with your lovely family???

With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I wish
to write to you today for our mutual benefit in this investment
transaction.


I'm Aisha. Al-Gaddafi, presently residing herein Oman the Southeastern
coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, I'm a single Mother
and a widow with three Children. I am the only biological Daughter of
the late Libyan President (Late Colonel Muammar. Gaddafi). I have an
investment funds worth Twenty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars ($27.500.000.00 ) and i need an investment
Manager/Partner and because of my Asylum Status I will authorize you
the ownership of the investment funds, However, I am interested in you
for investment project assistance in your country, may be from there,
we can build a business relationship in the nearest future.

I am willing to negotiate an investment/business profit sharing ratio
with you based on the future investment earning profits. If you are
willing to handle this project kindly reply urgently to enable me to
provide you more information about the investment funds.

Your urgent reply will be appreciated if only you are interested in
this investment project.

Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, is due to our recent
connection/network error here in the country.


Best Regards
Aisha. Al-Gaddafi

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