419 scam: Malika Abely <candle22@telus.net> Very Urgent

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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 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)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Malika Abely <candle22@telus.net>
Reply-To: Malika Abely <malikaabely@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2016 07:42:32 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Very Urgent

Hello Dearest,

Compliment of the day to you, How are you doing today? I hope all is well with you, more especially in the area of good health and sound mind, because that's the most important thing in life. My name is Malika Abely am 18 years liveing in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Actually, I am an Orphand and I inherited the sum of 2.8 million US dollars from my late father, who used to be a businessman reputable before his death. He use to do business of cocoa and cotton out of Ivory Coast to Europe, Asia and the Middle East exports. My father died in accident few years ago when I was in my early age. I do not like to talk about the accident, because it makes me mourn anytime I remembered it or talk about it. My late father deposit this money here with one of the bank here and put a clause in the contract deposit that i should be 30 years of age or guardian a foreign custodian before the bank can release the money to me as the following list of family. That is why i contacted you to help me to claim and transfer the money to your country for investment, and I will also continue my education there.

As things stand at the moment, I have no body i can trust here, even from my fathers side, because my uncles are also among those who struggle and want me dead because of the wealth of my late father.This country is no longer safer for me because of the political instability here, so i have decided to move to a better place to continue a new life. I came to you because I want to invest the money outside this country and also complete my studies there and start a new life there.

I have chosen you to be my companion and guardian because I am an orphan as I said it before and I have no one else to trust here. Once i receive your response, I will then give you more informations ,so that you can negotiate the transfer with the bank as my guardian.

Thank you for your understanding and have a great day.

Malika

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