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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. Rula Ghani" <paulinefatoke@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rulaghani@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 09:45:54 +0100
Subject: From Mrs. Rula Ghani

Kindly read this email carefully and respond back to me as soon as you
can. Please note that I am a female politician and investor who wants
to invest anywhere in the world and I need your support in managing my
investment over there in your country and please let me know whether
you are interested or not and if you are NOT interested, you may
kindly Ignore or Delete. But if you are interested and willing to
handle and manage my investment anywhere in the world,
kindly reply to this message immediately so that we can start the
necessary plans.

Anyway, I am very much grateful to you for contacting me so quickly
and I want to assure you that you will be gratefully rewarded for your
concern. Though this mail might come to you as a surprise and the
temptation to ignore it seriously could come into your mind. Please
consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility
as I seek your indulgence to solicit for your assistance concerning
the content of my email because I know in my heart that you can be
trusted. I needed an experienced person who can handle investment $22
Millions of Dollars and after so much consideration, I have decided to
choose you to handle this job.

I am Mrs. Rula Ghani, born in 1948 and wife of the former Afghanistan
President (Mr. Ashraf Ghani) whose throne/office was taken over by the
Taliban on August 2021 for political reasons. I am presently writing
to you from the UAE where we currently sought Asylum. I have been in
emotional devastation after the assassination attempt on me and my
spouse in Afghanistan and because of the crisis in the Kabul city of
Afghanistan. So, I am seeking your assistance in relocating the sum of
$22 Million Dollars) from my foreign bank account in Indonesia to your
local account in your Country so that the funds can be used for
investment there in your Country.

I am trusting you with the sum of $22 Million Dollars which will be
transferred to you from my foreign Bank account in Indonesia. I am
willing to give you 25% of the amount while the remaining 75% should
be invested into any profitable investments over there in your
country. The funds can also be invested into any profitable business
in your country or elsewhere as you may wish and the investment has to
be in your name for security reasons. I will want you to indicate your
interest to enable me to provide you with more detail.

All I need is your absolute trust, commitment, honesty and
confidentiality. Because you have to do all the transactions and the
investment on my behalf since I am very far away. I advised that you
kindly keep all our discussion and the transaction secret and
confidential to ensure safe transfer of funds because of the current
crisis in Afghanistan. I assured you that you will never face any
trouble in this transaction as the transaction is 100% legal because I
and my husband had deposited the money in my foreign Bank account in
Indonesia and the funds will be transferred to you gradually. I really
do not want the funds to be transferred at once for security reasons
and I will instruct my bank to start the transfer process as soon as
you are willing and ready to work with me.

Please note that I have decided to relocate the funds to anywhere
because the bank manager had advised me to relocate the funds with
another person's name where it can be safe for security purposes and
he is ready to cooperate with us to make sure the money is transferred
successfully without any stress or difficulties.

Please think about the proposal very well and let me know your
decision whether you are Interested or not to enable me to proceed to
the next step. If you are interested and agree to accept 25%, kindly
reply immediately so that I can share more details with you.

I am hoping to hear from you again and may God bless you for taking
your time to read my letter.

With Love and Respect

Mrs. Rula Ghani

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