419 scam: Aisha Al-Gaddafi <gaddafia150@gmail.com> Hello My Beloved One,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "might come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- gaddafia150@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Aisha Al-Gaddafi <gaddafia150@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2023 10:18:59 +0100
Subject: Hello My Beloved One,

I need your assistance,

Please bear with me. I am writing this letter to you with tears and sorrow
from my heart.

I am Aisha Muammar Gaddafi, the only daughter of the embattled president of
Libya, Hon. Muammar Gaddafi. I know my mail might come to
you as a surprise because you donâ€™t know me, but due to the unsolicited
nature of my situation here in Refugee camp Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso i decided to contact you for help.

I have passed through pains and sorrowful moments since the death of my
father. At the same time, my family is the target of Western nations led by
Nato who want
to destroy my father at all costs. Our investments and bank accounts
in several countries are their targets to freeze.

My Father of blessed memory deposited the sum of $27.5M (Twenty Seven
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a Bank at Burkina Faso which
he used my name as the next of kin. I have been commissioned by the (BOA)
bank to present an interested foreign investor/partner who can
stand as my trustee and receive the fund in his account for a possible
investment in his country due to my refugee status here in Burkina
Faso.

I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand
as my trustee so that I will present him to the Bank for the
transfer of the fund to his bank account overseas. I have chosen to contact
you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my
trust but rather take me as your own sister or daughter.

If this transaction interests you, you don't have to disclose it to anybody
because of what is going on with my entire family, if the United
nation happens to know this account, they will freeze it as they freeze
others, so please keep this transaction only to yourself until
we finalize it.

Sorry for my pictures. I will enclose it in my next mail and more about me
when I hear from you okay.

Please reply me at: gaddafia150@gmail.com

Best Regard,
Aisha Gaddafi

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