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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 <madamisha00@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2022 12:14:31 +0200
Subject: i wait for your responds

هذه الدكتورة عائشة القذافي ، أتواصل معك لأني بحاجة إلى
شريك أو مستثمر
من سيساعدني في استثمار مبلغ 27.5 مليون دولار أمريكي في أو
بلدها؟
يتم إيداع الأموال في بوركينا فاسو ، لكني أعيش في عمان
لحظة مع أطفالي ، حاول الرد علي في أقرب وقت ممكن ، لذلك
أنني سأقدم المزيد من التفاصيل ،
الدكتورة عائشة القذافي.
...................................................................................
this is Dr. Aisha al-Gaddafi,i am contacting you, because I need a
Partner or an investorWho will help me in investing the sum of $27.5
MillionUSD in his or
her country?The funds are deposited in Burkina Faso, but I am living
in oman for
the moment with my children ,try to reply me as soon as possible, so
that i will give more details , Dr. Aisha al-gaddafi.

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