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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: MsAIshs Gaddafi <miss.aishsgaddafi090@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 01:59:01 -0700
Subject:


Dear

I am Miss.AIshs Gaddafi, I am a Senior Executive internal auditor with Bond
Street Investment Advisors a team of Wealth Management Advisors and
Investment Brokers, we represent Ultra High Net worth (UHNW) Individual
Clients, Venture Capitalists, and Business Angles to expand their financial
portfolio globally.

As Senior Executive internal auditor, ten years ago, an investment was made
by one of our clients by name Mr. Peter Willson, was into Mining and Sells
of precious stones here in the UK. I happened to be a late Mr. Peter
Willson's personal Advisor, late Mr. Peter Willson made a number of
financial investments through our portfolio, amounting to £8,000,000.00
(Eight Million Pounds) for twelve (12) calendar months since 2010, and this
financial investment deposit has been unattended to.

Upon maturity, as his personal Advisor, I sent a routine notification to
his forwarding address but got no response. After a month, I sent a
reminder, and finally, I discovered from my investigations, that Mr. Peter
Willson died with his immediate family members in a plane crash that
occurred in Libya on the 12th of May 2010, below is a link for your view.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

The said investment fund is with First Investment Chartered Bank and
according to the laws of the land, all unattended deposits beyond Twelve
years will be forfeited to the state, hence, I decided that we can present
you are Mr. Peter Willson's partner and Next-of-Kin.

Most importantly, the Investment consulting director with First Investment
Chartered Bank Burkina Faso is a partner in this transaction, as such, we
are 100% guaranteed success and a risk-free transaction.

I await your response, in order to provide more details, and how this would
be done legally and successfully. Please note that this information should
be handled with utmost discretion and confidentiality.

Miss.AIshs Gaddafi
miss.aishsgaddafi090@gmail.com

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