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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: Aisha Al-Gaddafi <mrsaishagaddafi046@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 12:17:40 +0100
Subject: Help me and handle this investment project

Good Day To You My Beloved Friend,

How are you together with your lovely family?

With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose I wish
to write to you today for our mutual benefit in this investment
transaction,

I'm Aisha Muammar Gaddafi, presently residing herein Oman the
Southeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, I'm a
single Mother and a widow with three Children, I am the only
biological Daughter of the late Libyan President (Late Colonel Muammar
Gaddafi) I have an investment funds worth Twenty Seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($27.500.000.00 ) and i need an
investment Manager/Partner and because of my Asylum Status I will
authorize you the ownership of the investment funds, However I am
interested in you for investment project assistance in your country in
any business that will give us a good profit or in your company and i
know your country is a peaceful country that i will like to live to
till the rest of my life with my innocent children, maybe from there,
we can build a business relationship in the nearest future.

Most importantly i want to invest some part of this money
($27.500.000.00) in a Charitable Project because i want to the less
privileged ones to benefit from this money due to my experience here
in refugee camp. Please i beg you to keep religion out of this
investment/business project and in helping me and my children out.

I am willing to negotiate an investment/business profit sharing ratio
with you based on the future investment earning profits. If you are
willing to handle this project kindly reply urgently to enable me to
provide you more information about the investment funds.

Do not be afraid because this transfer and investment/business project
is legal and it will be handle legally, there's no risk involve now or
after the transfer.

Your urgent reply will be appreciated if only you are interested in
this investment project,

Sorry if you received this letter in your spam, is due to our recent
connection/network error here in the country.

Best Regards,
Aisha Muammar Gaddafi

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