419 scam: "Mrs.Amira Abubakar" <info@venusinteriors.co.za> Confidential

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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:
- ",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)
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.
- abubakar_amira@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Amira Abubakar" <info@venusinteriors.co.za>
Reply-To: abubakar_amira@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2014 03:19:18 -0400
Subject: Confidential

Dearly Beloved one,

Greetings to you and sorry if this message came to you as a surprise. My
name is Mrs. Amira Abubakar a widow and a business merchant from
Malaysia, I found your email address through my
husband internet data late Mr. Ibrahim Abubakar.

I am presently admitted at the hospital as a result of my present medical
condition now, my personal doctor confided in me few days ago that I have
only but few more weeks to live and I see it as life been unfair to me.
All my life i always pray for more opportunity of helping/contributing on
humanitarian assistance.In view of this setback, i want to donate my
estate for humanitarian assistance, since this has always been the plan of
my late husband and besides i have no child. I once asked members of my
family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have
there to charity Organization in Somalia, Pakistan , Gaza, and iraq but
they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them
anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.
In an effort to compliment the good work of God almighty and i believe you
can be trusted and as it is the wish of my late Husband I donate the sum
of £2,000,000.00 (Two Million Great Britain Pounds) to you. On your
acknowledgement of this mail and informing me of your nationality and
current place of resident, my lawyer will facilitate due processes for
transfer of this legacy to you. May God almighty bless you abundantly as
you use this money judiciously for the work of charity.
, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations / Mosque /
churches/ motherless / babies/less privileged/widows, as I want this to be
one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed
money to some charity organizations in the Oman, Algeria and Malaysia. Now
that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

Kindle get back to me so that I will give you more details.
Reply me at my private e-mail: ( abubakar_amira@yahoo.com) Please
reply only to this email address.

Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Amira Abubakar
Malaysia
Reply to: abubakar_amira@yahoo.com

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