419 scam: Imtisal Lail Abdallah <imtisallail@gmail.com> Hello,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Imtisal Lail Abdallah <imtisallail@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Imtisal Lail Abdallah <imtisallail@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 05:03:49 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello,

Hello,
My name is Mrs. Imtisal Lail Abdallah, I am 56 years old woman and I am legally married to late Mr. Alhaji- mohammed Kassim Abdallah. Me and my late husband where both citizens of Serbia in Europe and we lived here in West Africa (Ivory Coast) for the past 17 years ago. My late husband worked with an oil drilling company as an expatriate for many years before he died. I and my late husband were both married without a single biological child of our own. We letter adopted (Fatim) who is now 12 year old.

I presently have a serious breast cancer sickness and I am writing this message with the help of a medical doctor here in the hospital. When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of One million five hundreds thousands Dollars (1.500.000.00 $) I contacted you today because my private doctor just informed me that my breast cancer sickness has gotten worst and they are going to carry out a serious cancer surgery on my heart by this month which I might not survive, If I die during my surgery, the bank will embezzle the funds because I have no other relative to claim the money because i was adopted and married by my late husband. I tried to trace my family but all my efforts are in vain.

So, having known my conditions, I have decided to donate this fund to you so that you will use it to take good care of my daughter (Fatim). also use some in humanitarian and charitable activities such as orphanages, hospitals etc. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. 20% of the total funds is for your compensation.
Yours sincerely.
Mrs. Imtisal Lail Abdallah.

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