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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 Aisha Al-Qaddafi <gadaffi.aisha1010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2024 12:20:51 +0100
Subject: My Dear Friend

My Dear Friend

I am pleased to use this medium to open a mutual communication with you and
to ask for your permission and acceptance to partner with you to invest in
your country.

I am Aisha Gaddafi, a single Mother and widowed with three Children. I am
the only biological Daughter of the late Libyan President (Late Colonel
Muammar Gaddafi). I have an investment fund worth Twenty-Seven Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (27,500,000.00) which I want to
entrust to you for investment project assistance in your country, Maybe
from there, we can build a business relationship in the near future. I will
negotiate an investment/business profit-sharing ratio with you based on
future investment-earning profits.

If you are willing to handle this project on my behalf, I would appreciate
your urgent response to provide you with more details to proceed further.


Best Regards
Mrs. Aisha Gaddafi

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