419 scam: "Safiyah Gaddafi"<uyar@isletme-ltd.com.tr> URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE FOR 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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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Safiyah Gaddafi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <safiyahgadsahara@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 22:42:40 +0100
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE FOR YOU

Hello,

I got your reliable contact from a business diary and further explicit investment information about your country. I am Safiyah
Gaddafi ,the eldest wife of Moammar Gaddafi , former LibyanLeader,of the oil-rich countyry on the north of Africa.I will save
your time by not amplifying my extended royal familyhistory, which has already been disseminated by the international media
during the controversial war that erupted in my country.

As you may know from the international media,I have fled to Algeria with some members of my family before my husband was
brutaly killed in Bani-Walid and with some of my sons being held forvarious offences they did not comit , i have been left in a
state or complete confusion which made me to contact you.

Before my fleeing to Algeria, I went ahead to dispatch some funds under special arrangement into the custody of different
private security and Trustee companies for safe keeping abroad. The money were splited and kept in three different
countries.Hence I seek your good assistance to invest these funds into profitable investment in your country to facilitate
uture survival for my family abroad.

I contactd you to help find a solution to these funds saved abroad based on total trust and count on your absolute
confidentiality, transparency and trust while looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this
business transaction.

Sincerely Yours.

Safiya Gaddafi.

You can visit the website below for a better understanding of the situation.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8729767
/ NEWSCol-Gaddafis-wife-and-three-children-flee-to-Algeria.html

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