419 scam: Aisha Gaddafi <jose.mora@sify.com> Hello

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Aisha Gaddafi <jose.mora@sify.com>
Reply-To: aisha.g@ibibo.com
Date: Tue, 15 May 2012 15:39:31 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello

Dear Friend,

Let this message not surprise you, I am contacting you due to the
problem my family is presently having in my country Libya; a problem that led in
killing My half brother Saif al-Arab is dead, killed by NATO air strike, and my
Father also dead and the rest of us are endangered.

I am Aisha Gaddafi
one of the daughters of Late Col.Muammar Gaddafi, the president of Libya, I am
currently residing in one of the African Countries, unfortunately as a refugee.
At the meantime, my family is the target of Western nations led by America annd
France who has killed my father at all costs. Our investments and bank
accounts in several countries are their targets to freeze. Insha Allahu, I will
make you a part of my family heritage,

Finally the Nato has succeded in
killing my Father what a great shock there is no enjoyment again for me to stay
in this world the next target is us so I want to share my wealth to charity as
Iam still alive I do not know when death will come as they have killed my Father
and Brothers. Now listen I have huge amount of money in African Banks and
western world these money should be transffered to your account for you to share
it to the Charity organisations and also assist yourself with your familly there
are no need for you to say thank you.

If you are interested in this
regards kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details on how to
proceed. The amount iam talking about is ($52,500.000.00) US Dollar in one of
my account with the help of my lawyer who i will instruct to change everything
in your name and transfer the money into your account. Where i am now, i can
not disclose it and no telephone calls because it will be monitored. We can only
talk via email so that I will give you all the informations you may need to
complete this deal.

I want you to be fast in what so every you want to
do, so that we will remove this money from the account I come to reliase that my
Father did not do well it was a big regret and shamful may Allah forgive us let
this issue be very TOP SECRET between me and you. I am looking forward to hear
from you.

Warmest Regards,
Aisha Gaddafi

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