419 scam: "Mr. Abdul Malik Usman"<helpdesk@ds.ac.th> Hello my good friend, From Mr. Abdul Malik Usman. I am waiting for your reply.

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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:
- "million pounds" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Abdul Malik Usman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdumalik_usman@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 29 May 2016 07:00:46 -0700
Subject: Hello my good friend, From Mr. Abdul Malik Usman. I am waiting for your reply.

Hello my good friend,

Complement of the day to you and your love ones. I hope my email will arrive to you at good time. My name is Mr. Abdul Malik Usman,A Niger Citizen and Chief Personal Security to late Libyan President Muammer Al-Gaddafi, who Ruled Libya for 42 years.

I am writing you this message with deep pain from my heart, because my life was also at risk at that time. I am very sick at the moment nursing a gun shot wound that is on my back and has damaged my spinal cord and has also affected my left leg with no one and no family to take care of me. And I must trully state here that I am not very sure of making it out alife from this hideout in a village where I am at the moment. Am hiding from the people of this Country, Libya that are against my late master's rule, am also hiding because am a stranger here.

Before the death of my late leader,as his Personal Security, I am aware and also in charge of a deposited Fund meant for the importation of Ammunitions for war of which this duty I was not able to carry it out and thereby leaving the Fund as it was deposited with my name. This Fund is still deposited in one of the Banks in UNITED KINGDOM and it is the sum of 58 Million Pounds only.

As soon as I get your response, I will give you the secret deposit slip of the fund to make contact with the bank for this claim, and use 70% from the fund to establish good investment that can benefit both of us in any country of your choice, and 30% to set up orphanage home as i have found Allah and accept him in my heart after losing my family in this war. So if you are really interested to work on this dream, get back to me to enable me direct you on how to contact the bank in UK so they will release and transfer this fund to your Account. I will guide you with all the secret document backing this fund.

Thank you as you listen and I still have more to tell you as we progress. Trust is our only aim in this transactions and you can see that this fund is going to be in the benefit of both of us, that is why I decided to let you know this since am still in a hidden place here in Libya.

Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Abdul Malik Usman.

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