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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: "From Miss.Aisha El Gaddafi" <missaishaelgaddafi1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: missaishaelgaddafi2@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:21:54 +0900 (KST)
Subject: PLS I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE.


Dearest One,Good Day Sir/Madam,


I am Miss.Aisha El Gaddafi, one of the 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 been commissioned 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 freezing 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.



I have the sum of US$30.5 Thirty Million five hundred thousand dollars in
a Financial Firm in Malaysia.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.i am ready to partner with you in any areas of investment in your
country honestly.


You are advice to contact me immediately for more details.Looking forward
hearing from you as soon as possible.

1. Your full names and address
2. Your private telephone and fax numbers
3. Your private email address and your iD.
4. Your Age and profession


Best RegardS
Miss.Aisha El Gaddafi



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