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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: Aisha Al-Gaddafi <extdept01.infor@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2022 17:10:11 +0100
Subject: Your co-operation needed


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*Good Day,I want to indulge your humble person to read through this letter
written by me.I am A, Al-Gaddafi, the Daughter of late Col. Muammar
Gaddafi, former Libya Leader who died on October 20, 2011. I have the
belief that my late father’s death was masterminded by the international
community based on the role my late Father has shown to the western world
over his leadership in our country Libya.They have taken all that I
suffered and saved for since his death including some of my treasure,
houses and bank accounts closed by the new Government.Hence, I am
contacting you to assist me in removing and investing the sum of sixty five
million United States dollars deposited with a deposit company in my name
in Dubai, United Arab Emirate.I will give you more details as soon as I
get a favorable response from you.Best regards,AAisha Al-Gaddafi *

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