419 scam: "Safia Farkash Gaddafi" <gaddafiafia54@reiffmail.com> Goodday 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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "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.
- gaddafisafia54@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Safia Farkash Gaddafi" <gaddafiafia54@reiffmail.com>
Reply-To: gaddafisafia54@rediffmail.com
Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 18:35:46 -0300 (PYST)
Subject: Goodday Sir/Madam,

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Goodday Sir/Madam,

I am Safia Farkash Gaddafi wife of late Muammar Gaddafi the commander
of
Libya's elite Special Forces.I am contacting you to assist me in
removing the
sum of thirty six million USA dollars been deposited with a security
company
in United Kingdom.

The funds was deposited with a security company in my name by my late
husband
before his death and as a matter of fact, my only son and the entire
family of
my husband in-law 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 faithful day,i manage to crossed
the
border and I am presently into hiding in Algeria without any other
means of
communication unless my laptop hoping to arrange for my traveling out
possible
to Europe to safe guard my life because I know that the regime of my
late
husband has collapse after his death.

Please for your kind assistance I will offer you 30% of the total sum,
all the legal documentation concerning the deposit in the security
company,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 was deposited with the security firm as
household effect, therefore they do not know the real content, so you
are
going to collect the consignment as house effect from the security
company
whereas only you and me 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 our
trial period, please never you abandon me with my son and daughter 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 but married to a cruel family.
Get back with your details so that we can proceed without delay because
lam
here without help from no one.Please reply only on this
email: gaddafisafia54@rediffmail.com

Best Regards

Safia Farkash Gaddafi

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