419 scam: "Mr. Tawfik Ali"<adodson@firstnationalib.com> Re: I NEED YOUR HELP

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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:
- "mrtawfikal@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Tawfik Ali" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrtawfikali@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2016 17:40:23 -0800
Subject: Re: I NEED YOUR HELP

Greetings,

Compliment of the day to you. Based on the several email I sent to you, when trying to reach you over months now and the reason why am to reach you is that a certain amount of money, ( Millions Dollars ) left behind by Late Mr. Philip Wood.

I am a senior accountant with Firstline securities SDN BHD . Malaysia, and the chief account officer to Late Mr. Philip Wood, an IBM executive from Texas who had been living in Beijing China, who died in a Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 crash in Indian Ocean, while on his way back to China.

He was set to relocate to the Malaysia capital of Kuala Lumpur, and the flight was supposed to mark his last trip to China.I am in search of a trusted person from Late Mr. Philip Wood, family member to work with me toward Late Mr. Wood's belongings.

I will want you to send to me your full name and your contact address phone number. Once I have this information, I will further on the process. With this the Finance Institution will able to release the money to you as the inheritor

God bless you and your family

Mr. Tawfik Ali

email mrtawfikal@outlook.com

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