419 scam: FELDA Dear Beloved Can You Handle This Charity work?

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "million pounds" (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.
- feldarazak@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: FELDA
Reply-To: <feldarazak@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 04:02:16 +0530
Subject: Dear Beloved Can You Handle This Charity work?

Dearest Beloved

May the peace of the Lord be with you. I write you in tears because of my health condition.I am Felda Razak . I am childless and a widow. I was married to late Razali Nur Razak of blessed memory , a seasoned contractor who retired as an oil merchant, before he died in 2009. After the death of my husband, I decided not to get a child outside my matrimonial home.

I fought against cancer (Leukemia)for 3 years after his death, fibroid problems and hearing impairment as a result of drug reactions. We were married
for Fifty years without children. He died after a short illness.Recently, my doctor told me that I would not last long in the next 3 months because of my illness with cancer and considering my age which makes the sickness deteriorating.

We have a deposit of 6.5 Million Pounds ( Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a finance house in Malaysia which was the last contract payment from his last contract deal with Petronas Malaysia before his death. I want to invest these funds into charity organization focusing on improving humanity . I took this divine decision because I do not have a child who will inherit this money and I can not believe my relatives, because they were hostile to me, since I have been suffering from cancer.

I want to entrust this fund to your care because we share the same last name. As soon as I receive a response from you, I shall inform my lawyer to help you with the release of the funds to you. I want you to exclusively use this fund to help the less privileged,build orphanage homes and destitute homes in honor of my late husband.

The grace of God encouraged me to take this bold step.Please also assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

I await your response at my private e-mail: feldarazak@gmail.com

God bless you.

Felda Razak (Mrs)

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