419 scam: Mrs.Melissa <Muamma6@Gaddafi841.onmicrosoft.com> Mrs. Melissa Muammar Gaddafi.

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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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs.Melissa <Muamma6@Gaddafi841.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <melissa23@vip.se.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 16:03:34 +0530
Subject: Mrs. Melissa Muammar Gaddafi.

Greeting,

My Name is Melissa Gaddafi And am contacting you due to the resent televised tragedy in Uttarakand India.Am suffering from cancer which might take my life,so i decided to help the poor and needy in your country. I donâ€™t have any other option than to tell you as I was touched to open up to you, I am married to Mr. Muttasin Muammar Gaddafi who worked with Libyan embassy in London for ten years before he died in the year 2005.we were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only five days Since his death I decided not to remarry again, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US $ 8.5m (Eight Million Five hundred thousand dollars) in a Bank in Thread needle St, London EC2R 8AH, United Kingdom presently this money is still in Bank. He made this money available for exportation of gold from London mining.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank in London and I will send authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of the money that is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Melissa Muammar Gaddafi.
EMAIL: melissa23@vip.se.com

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