419 scam: Malika Abely <7788553611@fido.ca> WITH IN GOOD FAITH

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Malika Abely <7788553611@fido.ca>
Reply-To: malikaabely@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 20:38:45 -0400
Subject: WITH IN GOOD FAITH

Dearest,

Compliment of the day, My name is Mrs. Malika Abely and I'm married to
Mr.Hermann Abely for 19 years without a child and my husband died in
2014. I am contacting you to let you know my desire to donate the sum
of $ 4.5 million to charities in your country that I inherited from my
late husband. Due to my illness of cancer were confirmed that i will
have only eight months to live, so it is my desire to see that this
money is invested to any organization of your choice and distributed
to charity organizations, motherless babies home, schools and support
for men and women homeless or you can consider the benefit of those
less fortunate. I do not want this fund to be use diabollically. As
soon as I receive your reply confirming your acceptance of work I tell
you, I will give all relevant information to authorize the release and
transfer the money to you as my duly appointed representative.

Thank you,
Mrs. Malika Abely

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