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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: "Mr. Paul Harry" <m.paulharryid2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: m.paulharryid@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2021 00:19:52 +0000
Subject: Good day

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Good day,

I am Mr. Paul Harry, the director of Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI),
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and I am contacting you on behalf of Gaddafi’s
Daughter, Aisha Al-Gaddaffi who needs an investor to help her invest her
inheritance because of the sanction imposed on her family name by the
intentional communities.

The amount is FIFTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$15,000,000)
deposited by her late father Muammar Al-Gaddaffi through my assistance
during the Libyan war in 2011.

Aisha Al-Gaddafi was named to the account as the next of kin by the late
Muammar Al-Gaddafi and Since the death of Muammar Al-Gaddaffi in the Libyan
War in 2011, it has been impossible to reach Aisha Al-Gaddafi because of
the oppositions of her father that was also looking for them to wiped them
all out.

It is recently that I am able to reach her to come for the claim as the
next of Kin to the account but because of the sanction imposed on them by
the international communities, she cannot receive this money else the
international communities will seize the money.

Therefore, she has requested for my assistance to help her look for an
investor as I have advised her, who will help her received this money and
help her to invest the money without the trace of the money to her family
name, so I am contacting you for your assistance to help receive and invest
this fund in your country in your name as requested by Aisha Al-Gaddaffi
and she has proposed to share with us 30% for you, 20% for me while 50% for
her for the profits that shall come from the investment after you invest
the money in you country.

Presently, there is development that some countries are lifting their
sanction on the Gaddafis family but it is still wise to removed the money
from her family name and invest in your country in your name to make sure
the fund is protected.

I also want to bring to you that no harm shall come to you in tis
transition because I have planned that the fund shall be transferred to you
as Ecobank customers' investment money transferred to you to invest in your
country under your care, before Aisha shall be meeting with you after you
have established the investment in your country in your name.

Please furnish me with below information if you are interested, to start
the process.

Full name:
Address:
Country name:
Telephone number:
Copy of your international passport document or a national identification
card for trust that you will not betray her after the fund is transferred
to your account.

Thanks,
Mr. Paul Harry.
Director, Ecobank Transnational Inc. (ETI),
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

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