419 scam: "Mrs.Malika faruq" <www2016@rediffmail.com> From: Mrs.Marika faruq Urgent Response

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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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million united states 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)
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.
- mrsmalikafaruq@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- street four ways johannesburg south africa email; mrsmalikafaruq@gmail.com good-day! my name is mrs. malika faruq. i know this will (Gmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Malika faruq" <www2016@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: kfaruq126@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2010 20:46:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Mrs.Marika faruq Urgent Response

From: Mrs. Malika Faruq
#571 Brown Street Four ways
Johannesburg South Africa
Email; mrsmalikafaruq@gmail.com

Good-Day!

My Name is Mrs. Malika Faruq. I know this will be a surprise to you, please considers this message as a request from a family in dire need of your help. I am the Wife of Unman Fargo had from Sudan Dar fur, My husband Mr. Usman Faruq was the owner of Faruq Sea Food Industry in Dar fur region and a Farm Land in Dar fur region and supplier of Sea food to Central African Countries till the Government found out that Dar fur region was rich in Oil and Mineral Resources which was discovered by an individual Group called Organization Rebel Movement.

The Government and Rebel Movement are presently fighting over who will inherit the Amour region because of the Oil discovered there and Rebel Movement are killing all the people in Dar fur region to enable them posses the land. As a result of this my husband was murdered in cold blood and our Farm, Sea Food Industry was burnt down. Before then, my husband has moved US$25 Million United States Dollars to South Africa for establishment of another branch in Southern Africa the fund was deposited in a Security & Finance Company in the name of my elder son Master Khalid Faruq as the beneficiary. Having killed my husband they believed they will have no challenge in taking over the land.

Now the Rebel Movement turned against us looking for the remaining existing members of Faruq family in order to achieve their aim and objective. We decided to leave Dar fur to Johannesburg, South Africa to seek Asylum (Refugees).

Now all the documents issued by the security company when the consignment (fund) was deposited have been handed over to our family Lawyer in South Africa who assisted my late husband when the consignment was safely deposited.

As it is now, the present financial laws in South Africa on Refugees do not warrant us to invest the funds here as we cannot operate any bank account that is why we decided to look for a foreign partner that will assist us in moving the funds out from South Africa for my family investment. We have decided to offer you 25% of the total amount, 5% mapped out to defray all expenses that will be incurred during the process of concluding the transaction, while the remaining 70% will be for my family and will be invested in your country under your management.

Immediately you receive this message, kindly contact my elder son Mr. Khalid Faruq on this number :(27-78 4324 529) You can as well email him via his private Email Address: (kfaruq126@gmail.com) due to my poor English my son has been mandated to over-see the transaction with the support of my family Lawyer. Looking forward to hearing from you soonest.
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Sincerely yours,
Mrs. Malika Faruq
For The Family.

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