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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Ms. Aisha Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ls-daniels@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 04:19:16 -0700
Subject: BUSINESS OFFER***AU GOLD DUST & BARS
Hello Friend,
How are you? I hope your doing fine together with your beloved family. Its me Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of late Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. I hope you must be acquainted with the news about what happened to my family. Well, I want to inform you that I have my funds in tune of US$65Million stashed in a bank vault and some of my late father's AU GOLD DUST AND BARS in a mining safe in KENYA.
I AM PRESENTLY TAKING REFUGE/ASYLUM IN OMAN AFTER THE ALGERIA GOVERNMENT ASKED ME TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY. I CAN'T DO ANYTHING FROM HERE BECAUSE I DON'T WANT THE OMAN GOVERNMENT TO SEIZE THE MONEY AND ASK ME TO LEAVE THEIR COUNTRY AS THE ALGERIANS DID.
WHAT I NEED FROM YOU IS TO CONTACT MR. LEWIS DANIELS AND HE WILL TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW AND DO TO SUCCEED IN SECURING THE FUNDS AND THE AU GOLD DUST AND BARS.
MY EMAIL IS ENCRYPTED FOR SECURITY REASON, WHEN YOU CLICK REPLY AFTER READING THE MAIL, THE REPLY WILL AUTOMATICALLY BE DIRECTED TO MR. DANIELS
Truly Yours
Aisha Gaddafi
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