419 scam: "Dr Ayesha Gaddafi"<kristie@ellisonsmarket.com> response needed

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- dr.aishagaddafi940@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Ayesha Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.aishagaddafi940@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 21:27:12 -0800
Subject: response needed

It's my pleasure to contact you via this E-mail and I hope you read it in good faith. I'm Dr. Aisha (Ayesha) Gaddafi, Former Goodwill Ambassador of the U.N. and the daughter of late Muammar Al-Gaddafi the former president of Libya. About issues I wanted to discuss with you, I will please want you to listen very carefully and keep this very confidential (SECRET) to just yourself alone if we work this out with care, we will be so glad. I am currently residing in Oman at the moment on indefinite house arrest, unfortunately in confinement because a travel ban has been placed on me and I have to go through a lot everyday, and at the meantime, my family is at risk and pains. 95% of our investments and bank accounts in several countries are freeze. I received a mail from the Security Company about some Funds worth $350,000,000.00 Million United State Dollars that were deposited by me on this day (June 23rd 2016) in one of my visits to USA. and now I have been called upon to come and make the claim that I have to c

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/27/gaddafi-family-assets-frozen-queen

I don't want them to be aware of this particular fund deposited by me abroad. If you can be of any assistant to me kindly get back to me so that I can furnish you with the deposit details for verification and confirmation. I am willing to reward you bountiful 25% of the total sum..I have been commissioned to contact an interested foreign investor/partner who will be able to take absolute control of part of the vast cash available to private account for a possible investment in your country. If this transaction interests you, you don?t have to disclose it to anybody because of what is going with my entire family, if the western nation happens to know this account, they will freeze it as they froze others so keep this transaction for yourself only until we finalize this transaction that will be when the Funds is transfer to you in your country. I want this $350,000,000.00 Million United State Dollars to be transfer to you in your country immediately for onward investment in your country. I need you to stan

1. Your full names and address:
2. Your private telephone and fax numbers:
3. Your private email addresses:
4. Age and profession:
5. Your Copy Of your international passport or Drivers Licence:

i'm happy peace has been restored in Libya; I pray one day I will travel back to my country. I cannot talk to you on phone because all telephone conversion is monitored by the Omani Government and the new Libya Government, as I'm being regarded a political refugee here. Please, keep these offers safe, secret and confidential. You are to write back to my personal email: dr.aishagaddafi940@gmail.com Hope to hear from you soon, so that I can furnish you with the details of transaction.

Warmest Regard

Dr. Aisha Gaddafi

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