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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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- ayeshagaddafi0011@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ayesha" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ayeshagaddafi0011@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 23:14:15 -0500
Subject: How are you?

Dear Friend,

my pleasure to contact you via this medium . I hope you read it in a good faith. My name is Ayesha Gaddafi I'm the only daughter of the former president of Libya late president Muammar Gaddafi who was killed brutally murdered in the opposition protest which took place in my country Libya in the year 2011 which lead to the dearth of my father and husband on the 20th October 2011. Before the death of my father the Late President of Libya Muammar Al Gaddafi, he visited Ghana on this day, July 10th 2008 and made a deposit of 40.5 million US dollars with standard chartered bank, 20.8 million with hfc bank, and 50.6 Million Euros in the security companies both in Ghana, Malaysia, Italy and other part of the world in consignment boxes deposited as family valuable with content inside gold , silver, precious jewelries and perfumes That no one knows about except we the children and now my brothers are in prison for trial for war crime so i am the only one left out and i got an mail fr!
om the banks and security companie

Best Regards,
Ayesha Al- Gaddafi
ayeshagaddafi0011@hotmail.com

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