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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" <chinyeresarah1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rulaghani@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Sep 2022 08:57:46 +0100
Subject: From Mrs. Rula Ghani

I hope this message reaches you with peace and love. 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 in your
country 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, kindly reply to this message immediately so that we can
start the necessary plans.

Anyway, I want to assure you that you will be gratefully rewarded for
your assistance. 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. Please note that I got your email from database
directory Because I needed an experienced person who can handle
investment worth Million US Dollars and after so much consideration, I
have decided to let you handle this job.

INTRODUCTION: 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 15th August 2021 for political
reasons. I am presently writing to you from the UAE where I and my
husband have currently sought Asylum. I have been in emotional
devastation since after the assassination attempt on me and my husband
in Afghanistan and because of the crisis in the Kabul city of
Afghanistan. So I am seeking your assistance in relocating the sum of
(Twenty-Two Million United State Dollars) from my foreign bank account
in Canada 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 this money which will be transferred to you
from my foreign Bank account in Canada. I am willing to give you 30%
of the amount while the remaining 70% should be invested into Real
Estate or other 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
Canada and the funds will be transferred to you I will instruct my
bank to start the transfer process as soon as you are willing and
ready to start work.

Please note that I have decided to relocate the funds to somewhere
else 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 proceed to the
next step. 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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