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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" <mainabukar1122@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rulaghani24@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2022 14:47:32 +0000
Subject: From Mrs. Rula Ghani

Compliment Of The Season,

I hope this message reaches you with peace and love. Kindly read this
email carefully and respond to me as soon as you can. Please note that
I'm a female investor who needs your support to invest and to manage
my investment please let me know if you are interested or not and if
you are not interested, you may kindly ignore me. But if you are
interested and willing to handle and manage my investment in your
country, kindly reply to this message immediately to start all the
necessary arrangements.

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, 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 your assistance concerning the
content of my email because I know in my heart that you can be
trusted. And after so much consideration, I have decided to let you
handle this job.

I am Mrs. Rula Ghani, the 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 writing to you from
the UAE where my husband and I have sought Asylum. I have been in
emotional devastation after the assassination attempt on me and my
husband in Afghanistan and because of the crisis in Afghanistan. So, I
am seeking for your assistance in relocating the sum of $22 Million
United State Dollars from my foreign bank account to your local
account in your country to enable you investment the funds in your
country.

I am trusting you with the sum of $22,000,000.00 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 Export-Import of any kind of products or Oil/Gas. The
funds can also be invested into any profitable business in your
country or elsewhere. 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.

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 discussions and transaction secret and
confidential to ensure the 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 deposited the money in my foreign Bank
account in Canada, I will instruct my bank to start the transfer
process as soon as you are willing and ready to work.

Please think about the proposal very well and let me know your
decision whether you are interested to enable me to proceed to the
next step. If you are interested and agree to accept 30%, 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
the time to read my letter.

Mrs. Rula Ghani

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