419 scam: MRS SABAH IBRAHIM <ibrahimmrssabah@yahoo.dk> Hello!!!

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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 "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.
- mrssabahibrahim002@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: MRS SABAH IBRAHIM <ibrahimmrssabah@yahoo.dk>
Reply-To: mrssabahibrahim003@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:34:02 +0000
Subject: Hello!!!

*Dear ALLAH Elect, 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. Mohammed
Ibrahim 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$ 2.2m(two 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
Government. 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. Reply in my alternative email address
(mrssabahibrahim002@gmail.com <mrssabahibrahim002@gmail.com>) for
confidential Regards, Mrs. Sabah Ibrahim written from Hospital *

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