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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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Fraud email example:

From: richard smith <rsrichardsmith21@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2019 09:17:15 +0100
Subject: HELLO????

ASSALAMUALAIKUM


Greetings to you from
MRS SAFIA FARKASH MUAMMAR GADDAFI

I am MRS SAFIA FARKASH MUAMMAR GADDAFI, and I was married to former
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who he,s late now Gaddafi was not born
in the city itself but in Bou Hadi, a sprawling, largely rural area of
farms and large villas on the city’s outskirts., Maybe you must have
heard about him.
Gaddafi’s life have gained a grisly status. A spectacle of pain and
humiliation, the end of the man who once styled himself the “king of
the kings of Africa” He was held hostage and slain to death by
protesting youths of the region.

Before his death we were both devoted Muslim. Since his death I
decided not to re marry. When my late husband was alive, he deposited
One Metallic Trunk Box that contains the sum of USD$7,000,000.00
(Seven Million U.S. Dollars) and Gold in a SECURITY FINANCE COMPANY
Abroad. Presently, this money is still with the Security Finance
company and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come
forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization
to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over to
receive the Money myself.

Presently, I’m in a exile in Gulf state of Oman which i can not
disclose where I have been undergoing treatment for my illness of the.
I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that
I have to rest to get my self back to live

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested wisely and at
the end of every year, funds are distributed among charity
organizations.

I want a reliable and honest person that will use this money to reach
to the motherless and also less privileges, the sick that has nobody
to take care of them, the poor, widows and to set up a Cancer research
institute.

NOTE: If you can travel to the Security Company Abroad to claim the
$7,000,000.00, let me know. As soon as I receive your reply I shall
give you the contact of the security company Abroad. I will also issue
you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of
this fund.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated therein.

Please do all things possible to make my wish come through
Email Me On.... safiyagaddafdaddy@gmail.com

Regards,

MRS SAFIA FARKASH MUAMMAR GADDAFI

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