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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" <davjackson322@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aishaelgaddafi501@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2022 10:54:52 +0000
Subject: Comply if you are interested from Mrs. Aisha El Gaddafi


Dearest One

This letter may come to you as a surprise, but I want you to
understand that it is only through an opportunity that people can meet
each other and become friends and business partners in life. Though,
the society today is so unpredictable that the good and the bad live
side by side coupled with the monumental hype and crap of the abuse of
the Internet by some unscrupulous persons in the recent times, thereby
making it extremely difficult for genuine and legitimate business
class persons to get attention and recognition. However, Internet was
established for easy communication and business transaction of far
partners but today, the same internet is use to deceived some business
class persons so i will not be surprise to see you rejecting this
proposal just because of what bad eggs has done to internet today.
Nevertheless, i want you to understand that there is still genuine and
legitimate business class persons in internet world today so i am
assuring you that this transaction is 100% genuine. You can give it a
trial.

I decided to contact you over this business, after a careful thought
and also going the way of my instincts, believing that you are capable
of handling this business in honesty and sincerity and also be of
immense help towards the smooth completion of this transaction.

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is
not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. This letter must,
come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that
people meet and become great friends and business partners.

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must
apologize for barging this message into your mail box without any
formal introduction due to the urgency and confidentiality of this
business and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise.
Please, this is not a joke and I will not like you to joke with it OK.
With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make
this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great
assistance, to me.

I am Mrs.Aisha El Gaddafi, the only daughters of the late embattled
president of Libya (Col.Muammar Gaddafi) I am currently residing in
one of the African Countries, unfortunately as a refugee. At the
meantime, my family is the target of Western nations led by Nato who
lead the death of my father at all costs and Our investments and bank
accounts in several countries are their targets to freeze.

I have no option rather to contact an interested foreign
investor/partner who will be able to take absolute control of part of
the vast cash available in a private account that my late father open
on my behalf here in the country before his sudden death by the
western world.

If this transaction interest you, kindly reply me back immediately for
more details on how to execute the project.Please one more very
important thing here, is that you don’t have to disclose it to any
body because of what is going with my entire family, if the united
nation happens to know this account, they will freeze it as they
freeze others so keep this transaction for yourself only until we
finalize it. I want to transfer this money into your account
immediately for onward investment in your country because I don’t want
the united nation to know about this account of which you are aware of
my family problems.

About me and the reason why I am now in Burkina Faso as you can read
more in the linked below Please inter the link to read and know more
about me and the reason why I contacted you.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/
9967203/Gaddafis-daughter-thrown-out-of-Algeria-after-
she-set-fire-to-presidential-residence.html

I have the sum of US$ 30.5 Thirty Million five hundred thousand in one
bank in Burkina Faso Called Banque Commerciale du Burkina (BCB).

Therefore if you are capable of running an establishment and can
maintain the high level of secrecy required in this project, kindly
reply with the following information for details of the project and
please always reach me on this my below alternative email address for
urgent attention ok. ( aishaelgaddafi501@gmail.com )

You are advice to contact me immediately for more details if you are
really interested. As soon as i hear from you, i will give you more
details of this transaction.

Best Regard
Mrs.Aisha El Gaddafi

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