419 scam: Malik Abdullah <ma_likabdullah34@msn.com> Hello Dear( Re-Settlement in ur country)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- abdulamali_k@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Malik Abdullah <ma_likabdullah34@msn.com>
Reply-To: <abdulamali_k@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:10:27 +0000
Subject: Hello Dear( Re-Settlement in ur country)

Hello Dear .
My
name is Engr.Malik Abdullah from Libya, presently in London under the
United Nations on Asylum.I hope you and family are in good condition?

I hereby seek your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To help me and family come over to your country for resettlement, until the war in my country is over.

(2) To assist me look for a lucrative and profitable business in your
country, where I can invest to sustain my living, until the political
situation in my country is stable.

According to my Asylum agreement with the United Nations for Refugee
(UNHCR), I have the right to relocate to any country of my choice, but I
must need a guarantor (someone to apply and guarantee for my welfare
overseas).

Could you please, help me apply to the United Nations as my guarantor for resettlement in your country.

(3) Please help me to move out from here to your country some fund for resettlement and investment abroad.

I will also compensate you greatly for this assistance, when I come over to your country.

I will get back to you once I hear from you. abdulamali_k@yahoo.com

Regards,

Engr.Malik Abdullah,

Salaam.

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