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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- 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.
- ayishagddafio@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Aisha Gaddafi" <mrzakirhossain4444@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <ayishagddafio@mail.ru>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 08:03:05 +0200
Subject: Lieber Freund (Assalamu Alaikum),?
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Lieber Freund (Assalamu Alaikum),
Ich bin vor einer privaten Suche auf Ihren E-Mail-Kontakt gestoßen
Ihre Hilfe. Mein Name ist Aisha Al-Qaddafi, eine alleinerziehende
Mutter und eine Witwe
mit drei Kindern. Ich bin die einzige leibliche Tochter des Spätlibyschen
Präsident (verstorbener Oberst Muammar Gaddafi).
Ich habe Investmentfonds im Wert von siebenundzwanzig Millionen
fünfhunderttausend
United State Dollar ($ 27.500.000.00) und ich brauche eine
vertrauenswürdige Investition
Manager / Partner aufgrund meines aktuellen Flüchtlingsstatus bin ich jedoch
Möglicherweise interessieren Sie sich für die Unterstützung von
Investitionsprojekten in Ihrem Land
Von dort aus können wir in naher Zukunft Geschäftsbeziehungen aufbauen.
Ich bin bereit, mit Ihnen über das Verhältnis zwischen Investition und
Unternehmensgewinn zu verhandeln
Basis für die zukünftige Investition Gewinne zu erzielen.
Wenn Sie bereit sind, dieses Projekt in meinem Namen zu bearbeiten,
antworten Sie bitte dringend
Damit ich Ihnen mehr Informationen über die Investmentfonds geben kann.
Ihre dringende Antwort wird geschätzt. schreibe mir an diese email adresse (
ayishagddafio@mail.ru ) zur weiteren Diskussion.
Freundliche Grüße
Frau Aisha Al-Qaddafi
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