419 scam: Emily Alba <abdel.husam99@gmail.com> I NEED YOUR HELP 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.
This email message is a "dying widow" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Emily Alba <abdel.husam99@gmail.com>
Reply-To: emilyalba181@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2017 19:38:02 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP URGENT

I NEED YOUR HELP URGENT

It's my pleasure to have contact with you,based on the critical
condition I find mine self,though, it's not financial problem, but my
health,you might have know that cancer is not what to talk home
about,though I don't know you,and my contact with you was not by
mistake, but by devine favour of ALLAH.

I am married to Mr.ALBA KABORE NDAYI who worked with Tunisia embassy
in Burkina Faso for nine years before he died in the year 2008.We were
married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief
illness that lasted for five days.

Since his death I decided not to remarry, When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of US$ 8.2m(Eight million two hundred
thousand dollars)in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of Burkina
Faso in west Africa Presently this money is still in bank. He made
this money available for exportation of Gold from Burkina Faso mining.
Recently, My Doctor told me that I don't have much time to live
because of the cancer problem,

Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this money to
take care of the less-privileged people, you will utilize this money
the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to take 30 Percent
of the total money for your personal use While 70% of the money will
go to charity" people and helping the orphanage.

I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by the Gorvernment. I
grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my family member,
just to endeavour that the name of ALLAH is maintained. Am doing this
so that ALLAH will forgive my sins and accept my soul because this
sickness has suffered me so much.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
bank in Burkina Faso and I will send authority letter that will prove
you the present beneficiary of the money in the bank that is if you
assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to
receive your reply

Regards,
Mrs. Emily Alba
written from Hospita

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