419 scam: "Aisha Muammar" <ashia@yahoo.com> HOPE THIS MAY CONCERN YOU?

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
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.
- aishamuammar@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Aisha Muammar" <ashia@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: <aishamuammar@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 03:51:54 +0800
Subject: HOPE THIS MAY CONCERN YOU?

Dear Sir/Madam,

I'm Aisha Al Muammar Gaddafi,the The daughter of Muammar Gaddafi Of Libya.We are
are in war in my country Libya . The United Nation and the NATO is trying to pull my fathers government down.
The United Nation and NATO is prepare a filing asking to formally freeze all of my assets and my fathers assets as soon as possible. My father deposited the sum of (USD$6 Million) in a Finance Firms some years ago, in United Kingdom as well as in United States and some other countries in NATO. I need you to help me collect this funds and distribute it to both of us using the ratio of 20% for you and 80% for me since the U.N.O investigators are working around the clock to freeze all my family assets. I am contacting you with this reasons, The finance firms have given me a notification about the account, secondly i am under pressure and being monitored .Thirdly the finance firm have no right what so ever to confiscate the fund legally deposited in their country. Though i do not know u before , one has to risk in confiding for one to survive in life.
Send to me your contact details as my lawyer will prepare a legal documents for the transfer of the fund in your name before we commence on this transaction. Please keep this transaction secret and confidential for now.
Note; the procedure for the release of this payment is a straight process that will not incriminate you in anyway what so ever. So my assurance is that your role is risk free and I can assure you that if I can have your total co-operation, this fund will be released to you within seven working days. I will provide you with detailed information once you indicate your willingness.

PLEASE CONTACT ME DIRECTLY: aishamuammar@yahoo.com
You can read my story on this: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/26/501364/main20036806.shtml

Best Regards,
Mrs. AISHA

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