419 scam: Abely Malika <malikaabely@gmail.com> Donation From Mrs. Malika Abely

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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:
- "hundred thousand u.s 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)
- "my names are " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Abely Malika <malikaabely@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Abely Malika <malikabelmalika@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2015 05:01:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Donation From Mrs. Malika Abely

Donation From Mrs. Malika Abely

My compliment,

My names are Mrs. Malika Abely, a widow to Mr.Hassan Abely, I am 51 years old, am suffering for cancer of breast for mean years now. I am contacting you to let you know my desire to donate the sum of $1.7 million (One Million Seven hundred thousand U.S Dollars) to charities in your country that I inherited from my late husband. Due to my illness of cancer were confirmed that i have only some months to live. My late husband was a very rich and wealthy business man who was running his cocoa / timber plantation business. He deposited this money in one of the bank here, he wanted to use the fund to expand his cocoa/ timber plantation business to other African countries before his sudden death. I do not need a telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always and I do not want them to know about this development. As soon as I get an answer from you, I will give you contact of the bank
and you will use 80% of the total money to help the following people and 20% of the money is for you and your family, so it is my desire to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice and distributed to charity organizations, motherless babies home, schools and support for men and women homeless or you can consider the benefit of those less fortunate. I do not want this fund to be use diabollically. As soon as I receive your reply confirming your acceptance to work as I tell you, I will give you all information to authorize the bank to release and transfer the money to you as my duly appointed representative.

Thank you,
Mrs. Malika Abely

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