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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:

Fraud email example:

From: Ayisha Gaddafi <mrssa8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msamg2011@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:41:49 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?R29vZCBkYXkgbXkgZGVhcizZitmI2YUg2KzZitiv?=

Dear,
I got your e-mail contact from the foreign investment project.I have
investment funds worth $28.500.000.00 Million USD.I’d decided to come
to you by this email for the security reason. I need a Trustworthy
investment Manager or Partner to do the investment project because of
my current refugee status.

However,I choose you,believing probability of you being a good trustee
person chosen to help me and share in this noble investment project
assistance in your country, if you are willing to handle this project
on my behalf, kindly reply urgently to enable me to provide you more
information about the investment funds.
Yours truly,
Ayisha Gaddafi.

عزيزي,
حصلت على البريد الإلكتروني الخاص بك الاتصال من مشروع الاستثمار
الأجنبي.لدي صناديق استثمارية بقيمة Million 28.500.000.00 مليون دولار
أمريكي.قررت أن آتي إليك عن طريق هذا البريد الإلكتروني لسبب أمني. أحتاج
إلى مدير استثمار جدير بالثقة أو شريك للقيام بالمشروع الاستثماري بسبب
وضعي الحالي للاجئين.

ومع ذلك ، أختار لك ، معتقدا احتمال أن تكون شخصا أمينا جيدا تم اختياره
لمساعدتي ومشاركته في مساعدة مشروع الاستثمار النبيل هذه في بلدك ، إذا
كنت على استعداد للتعامل مع هذا المشروع نيابة عني ، يرجى الرد على وجه
السرعة لتمكيني من تزويدك بمزيد من المعلومات حول صناديق الاستثمار.
لك حقا,
عائشة القذافي.

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