419 scam: "Norazlin Bt. Abu Mansor" <norazlin@maiwp.gov.my> Greeting

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "kareemsla@ymail.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a "dying merchant" scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Norazlin Bt. Abu Mansor" <norazlin@maiwp.gov.my>
Reply-To: Kareem Slama <kareemsla@ymail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:32:30 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Greeting

Greeting

How are you? as you read this massage of me do feel for me because it is the fate of me who will die some day. I am a naturalized British kareem Slama by birth and a trading company based in the UK. I have been diagnosed esophageal cancer. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and now I have only few months, according to medical experts. I regret that I have lived all my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Although I am very well to do, never gave me open, I was always hostile to people and they treated as if it never had the hope of becoming as successful like me. Now I know that there's more to life than just prosperity. I think when I get a second I lived. Now that death is imminent, and that I wanted to give most of my belonging to the immediate and extended family members and few close friends. I want Allah to be merciful I accept and my soul. Therefore I have decided to support charity work, which is what I want to be remembered for. So far, I have come to some charitable organizations in Africa, Asia and America. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, When asked members of my family to helps me to give alms to the organizations, catering for the less privileged in Bulgaria and Pakistan, which denied the resources and support themselves. Therefore, no trust them more because they do not seem to contempt I left for them. The last of my belonging which no one knows, is the enormous deposit of two million Great Britain pounds (GBP Â£2,000,000.00) I have in a safe maintenance of the foreign Bank in United Kingdom. Please, try to respond via email( Kareemsla@ymail.com) for their time and dedication, I have reserved a tenth part of it for us.

God be with you.

Slama kareem

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