419 scam: "Muammar al-Gaddafi"<infor@mail.com> Dear Sir/ Madam

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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.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "international court of justice" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- khamis_al-gaddafi009@mail.com (Mail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Muammar al-Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thompson7666@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 10:20:36 -0500
Subject: Dear Sir/ Madam

Dear Sir/ Madam,

My name is Khamis Muammar al-Gaddafi the one of the youngest son of the Late Muammar al-Gaddafi, i am a policeman by profession and a leader of a special forces brigade of the military of Libya.I am at the moment very depressed as i write to you.

I got your mail from search engine and i really think you can be of help to me,at the moment i am studying for a masters degree in IE Business School in Madrid,but as i write to you i am in the Uk before the British government revoked the immunity given to my Late father (Muammar al-Gaddafi ) and his families (http://www.news-worthy.info/u-k-revoked-diplomatic-immunity-for-gaddafi-his-families/8932/),so at the moment i do not possess the right to move about, as i will be arrested and prosecuted in an international court of justice. in my possession right about now is my Internet connection and my private cell phone, it is only with this two i am able to make contact with the out side world.

Also as another measure that has been taken by the international community, our asset i.e the assets of Late Muammar al-Gaddafi and family world wide have been frozen to compel my Late father to step down as the libyan leader. As you know most of my family’s money have been frozen around the world but not all of our money were realized.

I have the sum of 145Million usd deposited with my names in a bank in United Kingdom,my fathers name not included, that l want to leave in the humble hands of a reliable person for some time period http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8317593-us-freezes-assets-of-alqadhafi-and-four-of-his-sons
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/02/2011228105035282376.html
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/specials/the_arab_spring/Switzerland_freezes_Gaddafi_assets.html?cid=29581082

The above mentioned reasons are what have compelled me to write you this mail, As i seek to partner with a trustworthy person who can assist me in transferring some of my monetary assets worth about (USD) 82m. This monEY has been lodged in a bank account in the UNITED KINGDOM and as things are shaping now this money is likely to be discovered soon, so i seek your assistance in helping me transfer this money into your account so that it is not discovered.

I am ready to offer as much as 30percent and my lawyer gets 10percent of this money to you and the lawyer if you render to assist in transferring this money and the money is transferred successfully,i would be glad to give your part of it,if you are interested in assisting me
write via (khamis_al-Gaddafi009@mail.com) so that he can enlighten on how to get funds transfer to your account. Thank you for your understanding, I await your urgent response to this mail.

Regard,
Khamis Muammar al-Gaddafi

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