419 scam: " Mrs. Aisha Kanwal" <nurhidayati@moa.gov.my> PLEASE I WAIT YOUR 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:

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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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 "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: " Mrs. Aisha Kanwal" <nurhidayati@moa.gov.my>
Reply-To: " Mrs. Aisha Kanwal" <fireballconsultancy@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2013 01:12:23 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: PLEASE I WAIT YOUR RESPONSE.

Dear Friend Compliment of the day;I am Mrs. Aisha Kanwal, A widow to Late Dr David Kanwal (former Counselor of the Benin Embassy in Madrid , Spain . we own Treasure Art Inc and Treasure Crude Oil Marketers, we are very wealthy we have a lot of properties including Shares and houses. I am 54 years old a new Christian convert.Before the death of my husband we both has a dream of investing in a foreign country outside our own country but due to the political issues we are having in my country that leads to my husband death;The funds that he has deposited in a fix bank with the Bank of Africa(BOA)before his death($11.7million dollars ,the bank has just inform me that as a local citizen here,i cannot be able to transfer it outside on my own but can with the help of a foreign partner.because of the political issues the government is having.So please i need your assistance to see that this funds are transferred to your given account you may submit to the bank here,i will guilde you with all informations you may need until the transfer is made to your given account,don't see this letter as one of the mails you used to received but please give urgent attention to this.is my wish like i have said to invest the funds in your country which both of us we work together on!for all your assistance to see that the funds are re-transferred to your given account you may submit to the bank here,you will have 30% of the total funds.please i wait to hear from you/your full data's information so that we can proceed with out time wasting.
Thanking you for your understanding and co-operation
Kind Regards
Aisha Kanwal

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