419 scam: "Mrs Malka Audrey Lacie." <malka.lacie40@yahoo.co.nz> I wait to hear from you faster

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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:
- "processing fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million us 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)
- "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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
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.
- malkalacie22@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Malka Audrey Lacie." <malka.lacie40@yahoo.co.nz> (may be fake)
Reply-To: malkalacie22@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2014 01:55:27 -0700 (MST)
Subject: I wait to hear from you faster

Hello Dear
I am writing to you as the almighty God direct me after series of prayer and fasting for God
direction’s, i got your contact from a database found in internet while searching for a reliable
and honest person who i will give this funds opportunity to his/her care to help me donate it to
the orphanage poor home people global due to my illness.

I am Mrs. Malka Audrey Lacie from France, but now i am undergoing a medical treatment in Burkina
Faso here West Africa,a i married to Eng. Dr. Audrey Lacie who worked with America embassy here
in Burkina Faso for nine good years before he died in the year 2008 we were married for eleven
years without a child before he die and since his death i decided not to re-marry which is against
my faith, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $10.5 Million US Dollars in
Ecobank Ouagadougou Burkina Faso and i am a eyewitness to the funds, however i have been suffering
from ovarian cancer disease since them, i surprise the doctor says to me that i will not survive
to live longer due to the damage infection operation which i did recently and i struggle to write
you this memorandum in tears/sorrow through the help of my laptop computer beside my sick-bed
hospital.

Therefore i have instructed the Ecobank to transfer the capital to a foreigner that will apply
after i have gone to released the riches to the person, because i sent to Ecobank the doctor
report of my physical condition says i will not survived longer, and i took this decision because
i don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are immoral
unbeliever and i don't want my husbands hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers, and also
be conscious to know that the account pronounce has motionless shown no activity deposits or
withdrawal of money over a long period since i have been suffering from cancer disease as i
declare, please obey Ecobank if the ask you to activate my dormant account it is vital to act
upon.

Please i want you to always pray for me because the almighty God is my shepherd, my happiness is
that i lived a life of a worthy worship for that reason don’t betray the orphanage poor home
people as soon as you take out this capital $10. 5 Million From Ecobank custody, make sure you
take 80% out of this total amount of capital to the charity orphanage home in your country and
survive with the remaining 20% okay.

And you should know that this contract is not for child play for that reason if you agree to pay
Ecobank the re-activating processing fee concerning the dormant account as i mention previous, get
back to me immediately to allow me give you the information of the Ecobank to enable you contact
them to release the funds$10. 5 Million Dollars to your bank account information.Here is my
private alternative email address: malkalacie22@gmail.com

I wait to hear from you faster because i am afraid no one knows what is going to happen next.
Mrs Malka Audrey Lacie.

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