419 scam: "Mrs Malissa " <0004@lacme.onmicrosoft.com> MAIL FROM MRS MALISSA

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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:
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Malissa " <0004@lacme.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <melissa114@live.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 22:52:02 +0530
Subject: MAIL FROM MRS MALISSA

Esteem Greeting,

I write to you in good faith hoping that you will understand the importance of my email. My decision to contact you is because I have been recently diagnosed with Cancer and the doctor said I have less than Six weeks to live. Since this sudden news was announced to me, I have been reflecting over my life in the past, it is too painful that after 24 years of peaceful marriage with my late husband, we lost our Two years old Son to malaria and we are unable to have another child of our own that will inherit our numerous wealth.

In the past, I have made reasonable donations to the victims within my reach but, is unfortunate that my health is gradually deteriorating and I cannot continue to do all these by myself any more. I strongly desire to reach out to the poor, the needy less privilege people, but I would prefer to continue this with the assistance of a kind person. Will you be able to open charity foundation in my name of my husband? I deposited $8.5M, Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars in well-known Bank which will be transfer to you if you are willing to help the poor ones around you as I have stated. kindly contact me immediately by sending your below details to me.

Your Name...........
Your Mobile Number............
Your Age.......................
Your Sex...........................
Your ID Proof....................
Your Occupation................
Your Address......................
Your City.........................
Your Postal Code.................

I will give you all the details regarding this transfer as soon as I receive above informationâ€™s from you.
Thanks.

Yours Faithfully.
Mrs. Melissa Muammar Gaddafi.

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