419 scam: "Dr. Bobby Malabie"<aka1970akaa@gmail.com> Dear Friend/-

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Bobby Malabie" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <biksaac@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 07:31:06 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend/-

I hope this will find you well.

It is my pleasure to ask if you could assist me receive $11.250M and we will discuss what we both stand to benefit. The amount in question
belongs to my late client who has the same last name with you. He passed away five years ago in a boat disaster. We have been trying to
locate his next of kin or any of his family members over his abandoned investment in the bank

In view of this I therefore seek your consent to present you as inheritor to his fund. I was his personal banker. There are claim
documents to enable you to file in and claim the funds legitimately, if you are willing to be presented as a beneficiary or next of kin.

For more details on how to make claim to this funds, Do contact me with your names, Phone, cell\fax, age, and Nationality.

Yours sincerely,

Dr. Bobby Malabie

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