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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.
- 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.
- gaddafia000@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Ayesha Gaddafi <vvvvv3@nix13.0fees.us>
Reply-To: <gaddafia000@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 01:25:32 +0100
Subject: Complement of the season
Good Day
Is 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, which lead to the death of my father and husband. I am
offering you a partnership proposal in a classified monetary
transaction, which involves the need to secretly relocate and secures
some of our family funds concealed in a special escrow dormant holding
with a financial services companies. I am in a very difficult
situation and I must immediately relocate this fund for safety and
investments purposes.
More so, this must be done in such a way that it must not be tied to
me as a result of my father's death and politics circumstances. More
details of the transaction will be disclosed to you once you can
assure me that you can be trusted to handle this. Honesty and trust is
what I am in quest of, so therefore your assurance of confidentiality
and trust will be highly appreciated. For further clarification. I look forward to your earliest response,
please kindly send your reply to this is my private email:
gaddafia000@gmail.com
Thank you
Ayesha Gaddafi
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