419 scam: "mrs vitoria abdulah saleh" <///////////////////////////@yahoo.com> CHARITY FUND

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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.
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 "dying widow" scam.
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.
- mabdullahsaleh@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mrs vitoria abdulah saleh" <///////////////////////////@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mabdullahsaleh@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 20:10:22 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: CHARITY FUND

CHARITY FUND"

Good day and God bless,greetings to you in the name of God Almighty. I am
former Mrs. Memunat Abdulah saleh, now I
am Mrs. Victoria Abdullah Saleh a widow to Late Abdullah Saleh.I am an old
woman; suffering from cancer. From all
indications, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious
that I may not live long, because the cancer
stage has gotten to a very severe stage.My late husband and my son, Nasim
died in an air crash on the 31st October
1999 in an Egyptian airline Boeing 990 with other passengers on board.You
can confirm this fact from the website
which was aired by the BBC WORLD
NEWS:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm) and my only
surviving
daughter died in BOMB ATTACK LONDON.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his
business and wealth.My personal physician
told me that I may not live for so long and I am so scared about this, So
I now decided to divide part of this wealth,
by contributing to the well being of less privileged people and
handicapped in the society of world, America, Canada,
Africa, Europe and Asian Countries.This mission, no doubt will be
tasking, it had made me to recently relocate to
United Kingdom, where I am taking treatment presently.I selected you for
this Purpose and prayed over it, I am willing
to donate the sum of $10. Million US Dollars to you for the development of
the well being of handicapped in the society
and also as aids for the less privileged around your country, and I have
map out $2. Million US Dollars for your own
personal use to help me for this work.Please note that, this fund is lying
in a Security Bank. Therefore immediate
application for the transfer of the money in your name or your
home.Please, do not reply me if you have the intention
of using this fund for personal use, than enhancement and comfort of the
Handicapped.

Lastly, I want you/your home to be praying for me as regards my entire
life and my health because I have come to find
out since my spiritual birth latelythat wealth acquisition without God
one's life is vanity upon vanity.

I await your reply via my private email address: mabdullahsaleh@yahoo.com
Yours In Faith.

Mrs. Victoria Abdullah Saleh : mabdullahsaleh@yahoo.com

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