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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 <mrsaishagaddafi046@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2022 23:55:19 +0000
Subject: HELLO:

Greetings To You 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 Mrs. 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 in any business that will give us a good profit or in
your company,
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
Mrs. Aisha. Al-Gaddafi.

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