419 scam: "Aisha Gaddafi"<aisha_gaddafi000000@yahoo.de> From Aisha Gaddafi

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- aisha_gaddafi000000@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Aisha Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2024 07:02:47 -0800
Subject: From Aisha Gaddafi

Good Day,

Am Aisha Gaddafi daughter of late Colonel Gaddafi the Libyan leader .I am contacting you to assist me in
removing the sum of sixty five million USA dollars deposited with a security vault institution in the UK.
The funds was deposited with a security vault institution in my name and as a matter of fact , my only son and
the entire family of my father were trapped in a bunker here in Tripoli I manage to sneak out with my son with
the help of a security guard on duty that fateful day, i managed to cross the border and I am presently into
hiding in Senegal without any other means of communication except my laptop hoping to arrange for my traveling
out possibly to Europe to safeguard my life because I know that the regime of my father has collapsed after his
death. Please for your kind assistance I will offer you 30% of the total sum, all the legal documentation
concerning the deposit are with me, I will only write power of attorney making you the new beneficiary of the
deposit so that the security company can release the consignment to you.
Bear in mind that the funds were deposited with the security firm as a household effect, therefore they do not
know the real content, so you are going to collect the consignment as a household effect from the security
company where-as only you and I know the real content. Once you successfully collect the consignment from the
security company you will send me with some money so that I can arrange for my traveling where we can meet
ourselves for disbursement.
May Allah grant you the heart to assist me and my only son in this trial period, please never abandon me with
my son just because we are Arabs, but I want to assure you that I am of a clean heart that was brought up under
western education .
Get back with your details so that we can proceed without delay because l am here without help from no one. For
time difference and confidential reasons, I strongly advise that you first make contact via email.

aisha_gaddafi000000@yahoo.de

Aisha Gaddafi

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