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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: "Mrs Rula F. Saadah Ghani" <oliverokechi20@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rulafghani@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2023 18:04:23 +0000
Subject: I hope this message reaches you with peace and love

I hope this message reaches you with peace and love. Kindly read this
email carefully and respond to me as soon as you can. Please note that
I am a female politician and investor who wants to invest in your
country or somewhere else and I need your support in managing my
investment over there in your country please let me know if you are
interested or not and if you are not interested, but if you are
interested and willing to handle and manage my investment in your
country or somewhere else, kindly reply to this message immediately so
that we can start the necessary plans.

I am very much grateful to you for contacting me so quickly and I want
to assure you that you will be gratefully rewarded for your concern.
Though this mail might surprise you, the temptation to ignore it
seriously could come into your mind. Please consider it a divine wish
and accept it with a deep sense of humility as I seek your indulgence
to solicit your assistance concerning the content of my email because
I know in my heart that you can be trusted. Please note that I got
your email from the database directory and I needed an experienced
person who can handle my project after so much consideration, I have
decided to let you take this job.

I am Mrs Rula F. Saadah Ghani, born in 1948 and the wife of the former
Afghanistan President (Mr Ashraf Ghani) whose throne/office was taken
over by the Taliban on 15th August 2021 for political reasons. I am
writing to you from the UAE where my husband and I have sought Asylum.
I have been in emotional devastation after the assassination attempt
on me and my husband in Afghanistan and because of the crisis in
Afghanistan. So, I am seeking your assistance in relocating the sum of
Fifty-Two Million United State Dollars from my foreign bank account to
your local account in your Country so that the funds can be used for
investment there in your Country.

I am trusting you with a total sum of $52,000,000.00 which will be
transferred to you from my foreign Bank account. I am willing to give
you 35% of the amount while the remaining 65% should be invested in
such as Real Estate & REITs or Agriculture and Dairy Farming or other
investments. The funds can also be invested into any profitable
business anywhere you wish; the investment has to be in your name for
security reasons. I will want you to indicate your interest to enable
me to provide you with more detail.

All I need is your absolute trust, commitment, honesty and
confidentiality. Because you have to do all the transactions and the
investment on my behalf since I am very far away. I advised that you
kindly keep all our discussions and the transaction secret and
confidential to ensure safe funds transfer because of the current
crisis in Afghanistan. I assured you that you will never face any
trouble in this transaction as the transaction is 100% legal because I
and my husband deposited the money in my foreign Bank account and the
funds will be transferred to you gradually bit by bit. I do not want
the funds to be transferred at once for security reasons and I will
instruct my bank to start the transfer process as soon as you are
willing and ready to start work.

Please note that I have decided to relocate the funds to your country
or somewhere else because the bank manager had advised me to relocate
the funds to another person's name where it can be safe for security
purposes and he is ready to cooperate with us to make sure the money
is transferred successfully without any stress or difficulties.

Please think about my proposal very well and let me know your decision
whether you are interested in enabling me to proceed to the next step.
If you are interested and agree to accept 35%, kindly reply
immediately so that I can share more details with you.

I hope to hear from you again and may God bless you for taking the
time to read my letter.

With Love and Respect

Mrs Rula F. Ghani

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