419 scam: "Gaddafi"<hadji.ayesha.muammargaddafi@live.com> DEAR FRIEND

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hadjiayeshagadafi@w.cn>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 19:04:36 +0530
Subject: DEAR FRIEND

Hello,

It is with tears and pains that I am writing this mail from my hiding ground here in Algeria with my new born baby and few family members, I don't want you to pity me, but I need your trust.

I found your e-mail address through a friend’s recommendations. My father Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi is at serious war with our country rebels and their foreign backers who are hungry for Libyan oil and our lives are no longer safe at Libya. And I hope to rely on you to administer to my last will.

I wish to part this last sum of €9.5Million packaged in a secured security safe box now in India through the help of our diplomatic mission, Mohammed Philip Telephone Number +919167031450..

My main reason of contacting you is that, I want you to receive it on my behalf for safe keeping and for future investment; I really wish to settle down and have my own family with my own husband. If you are touched and willing to assist me out of my present situation, reply me back quickly for more details. if you wish to read more about me and my family.

Check this website:http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/29/gaddafi-family-escape-libya-algeria

You can contact Mr.Mohammed Philip,Tel.+919167031450 so that both of you can arrange how the safe box can be delivered to you.

I will email you the safe box number to enable you open it as soon as you receive it.

Your respond to this mail is urgently needed.

Regards,
Hadji. Ayesha Muammar Gaddafi
Daughter of Libya' President Muammar Gaddafi

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