419 scam: "Mrs. Ayesha Gaddafi" <admin@agdomainnames.com> Re: Retrieve Money..

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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:
- "diplomatic immunity"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "confidentiality of this transaction" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Ayesha Gaddafi" <admin@agdomainnames.com>
Reply-To: gaddafia720@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 01:57:15 -0600
Subject: Re: Retrieve Money..

Good Day.

I am Mrs. Ayesha Gaddafi the second wife of late Mr. Ahmed al-Gaddafi
al-Qahsi the commander of Libya's elite Special Forces and the son of
Colonel Gaddafi the Libyan Leader. I am contacting you to assist me to
retrieve the sum of Fifty Million United States Dollars
($50,000,000.00)being deposited in Cote D'Ivoire known as Ivory Coast by
my late husband but as we arrived here due to the political problem during
the former regime of the president GbaGbo I ordered the security Company
to move the consignment to their affiliate office in Jakarta Indonesia for
safe keeping which they did via a Diplomatic Immunity, so i will give you
every of their contact in Indonesia for the retrieving of the consignment
as the fund was deposited on my name.

As a mater of fact i and my only son and the entire family of my father
in-law were trapped in a bunker here in Tripoli after my late husband was
captured at Sirte City on the 12th of October 2011, I managed to sneak out
with my son with the help of a security guard on duty that faithful day
and crossed us to the border. Presently i am hiding in Cote D'Ivore West
Africa without any other means of communication except my laptop. I hope
to arrange my traveling out if possible to your country for an investment
of this funds and to safe guard my life because i know that the regime of
my father in-law has collapse after his death.

Please for your kind assistance i will offer you 25% of the total sum
after you have retrieved the consignment , all the legal documentation
concerning the deposited funds are with me. 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
you are going to retrieve the consignment as household effect from the
security company because they do not know the real content in the trunk
box. its only you and i knows the real content.

Once you have successfully retrieved the consignment from the security
company, you will now send to me some money so that we can arrange for our
traveling to your country as we will be coming to stay under your kind
custody.May Allah grant you the heart to assist me and my son in this our
trial period, please never you abandon me with my son 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
to me with your details so that we can proceed without delay because i am
here without any help from anyone and finally if you have any question
regarding this transaction please contact me. Note that the
confidentiality of this transaction would be highly appreciated. I await
your quick reply soonest, as you respond to my proposal kindly include
your contact details such as:

1. Your Full Name..
2. Your Telephone Number...
3. Your Home Address...
4 Your Country...
5. Your Age....
6. Your Occupation...
7. A copy of your ID/Passport

Thanks and best regards
Ayesha Gaddafi.

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