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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" <hapsyelhayat@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rulaghani24@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2022 09:41:58 +0000
Subject: From Mrs. Rula Ghani

Please Kindly read this email carefully and respond back to me as soon
as you can. 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, please kindly ignore
or delete. But if you are interested and willing to manage my
investment, kindly reply to this message immediately to enable me
share the necessary investment details with you.

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 Dollars and
after so much consideration, I have decided to let you handle this
job, I want to assure you that you will be gratefully rewarded for
your assistance.

I was 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 Afghanistan. So I am seeking your assistance in relocating the fund
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 in profitable
business over there in your country or anywhere 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're willing and ready
to work.

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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