Libyan crisis comes in handy for cyber criminals

Emails said to be written by the sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are circulating in cyber space seeking assistance for transferring huge amounts out of Libya. Although the contents of the emails are the same, the names of different sons of Gaddafi are given in each email.

The assistance is being sought to transfer between $ 15 million and $ 20 million out of Libya. A good portion of the amount is offered as compensation to those who help transfer it through their bank account.

One of the loosely written emails reads as follows :

 "My name is Saif Al Islam Ghadaffi, the son of the present president of Libya. I am contacting for an urgent assistance. As you can read and see in the media, my family is presently undergoing tough time in the hand of the masses due to his long stay in power as the president of Libya for over 40 years now. Although there is no way you can satisfy human being, my father has done so many things to better the life of our people unfortunately they never appreciated his effort instead to resulted in calling my family bad names. The International community has reached a resolution for immediate seizure of our assets both in US and the UK. I want to request your humble assistance to receive a total sum of $20.5 million US dollars.

You will receive this fund directly and keep in a safe keep while I shall come down to meet you for necessary investment as may be suggested by you. You may call me on my UK satellite mobile on: 00447024035058. Do note that this transaction is legal and risk free, I shall wait for your urgent response to my Email id: saifal_islamghadaffi@live.com. Thank You, Saif Al Islam Ghadafi."