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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" <deron@paynegraphics.com>
Reply-To: mrs.rulaghani@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 18:43:39 -0500
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED.




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 and
please let me know whether you are interested or not and if you are NOT
interested, you may kindly IGNORE or DELETE my messages. But if you are
interested and willing to handle and manage my investment in your country,
kindly reply to this message immediately so that we can start the
necessary plans.

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 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 the country database directory and I have registered with an
advertising company that has helped me send bulk mails to about 10 emails
just because I needed an experienced person who can handle investment
worth $22 Million US Dollars and after so much consideration, I have
decided to chose you to 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 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 $22,000,000 USD (Twenty-Two Million
United State Dollars) from my foreign bank account in Jakarta, Indonesia
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 the sum of $22,000,000.00 USD (Twenty-Two Million
United State Dollars) which will be transferred to you from my foreign
Bank account in Jakarta, Indonesia. I am willing to give you 25% of the
amount while the remaining 75% 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 Jakarta, Indonesia and
the funds will be transferred to you gradually bit by bit. I really do not
want the funds to be transferred at once for security reasons and 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 your country or
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 note that whatever we are facing currently in Afghanistan are
political matters and I know it was a plan from our political opponent.
You may not understand this if you are not a politician. Anyway, I will
enlighten you more on the political matter in future as I do not have much
time to discuss politics at the moment.

Please think about the proposal very well and let me know your decision
whether you are INTERESTED or NOT to enable me to proceed to the next
step. If you are interested and agree to accept 25%, 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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