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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: "Madam Aisha Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 13:57:18 +0200
Subject: My Family Gold Business Relationship.

My Family Gold Business Relationship.

Hello Dear,

Permit me to take your little moment, to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with you. Before contacting you, I prayed and fasted, as I need a trust-worthy person to work with, in this project. Am daughter of the Late President of Libya, Late President Muammar Gaddafi. Because of my position and personality, I do not want many people to know about me, for security reason. While praying and searching for investment opportunities, I see your Country as a peaceful and reliable Country where I can live and invest. Also, when I saw your contact, my heart pushed me to contact you. I want you to accept my family now, as I desire to come with my Children to live and also invest in your Country. I don`t want to involve any other person. I want to trust you, and you alone. Thanks.

My late father was assassinated in 2011 with my husband, who was also working with the Presidency Office in my Country, during political crisis in my Country. Since then, I have been under political asylum in Oman with my 3 little children. Before my father`s death, he deposited 3,400 Kilograms of Gold, valued at $85,000,000 (Eighty Five Million Dollars) during the time of deposit, in West Africa. This Gold have been there until this moment, and presently, gold price is on a high increase.

Now, I want to process our traveling documents and come over to your Country, where we can sell this gold and also invest. The UN authorities are still investigating the death of my father and also investigating some of my father’s properties confiscated by the Government of my Country after his death. No one knows about this deposited gold in West Africa except me, as I saw details of this deposit in my late father’s secret File, and I have all the details here with me

After the assassination of my father and my husband, i quickly ran to Algeria, but unfortunately, I was not feeling very safe and secured in Algeria with the little children, so I wrote to the United Nations (UN) Authority, and they took us to Oman Muscat with my Children. This is where we are until now. We are under the security of the United Nations and Oman Government, as the United Nations is still investigating my father`s death.

After studying about your Country, I want to come over to live and invest part of these resources in your Country. This is why I need someone i can trust, who will help me sincerely in this project. Please, I need your total sincerity and honesty in this project. I will be happy to hear from you reply me in this private Email ( beatrizhopeee@yahoo.co.jp ), so that I can give you more information on how we can proceed.

Thank you very much and God bless you.
Madam Aisha Gaddafi

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