419 scam: "Aziza Abdul Malik" <bdl.mlk1@gmail.com> Dear sir/madam

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Aziza Abdul Malik" <bdl.mlk1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: adl.mlk1@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:01:20 +0000
Subject: Dear sir/madam

Dear sir/madam,

Good day to you, please I am Mrs. Aziza Abdul Malik, I do sincerely creed your indulgence, also seek your humble committed mind in assisting me to retrieve a safe deposit which is secured in a Vault at a financial holding, Please understand that this deposit belong to my late husband, he kept this for safe keeping which shall serve as insurance should in case things goes bad financially for us, we can be able to rely on this asset to get back on our feet. However as bad as things turned out in my country, he was brutally murdered by the Syrian govt. luckily enough me and my kids escaped the war through Egypt, we are now at a refugee camp in Accra-Ghana. We resided peacefully and comfortably at Syria until the civil war broke out. This is the worst humanitarian disaster of our time i must confess, i am very ill and I do not know how long i will survive here in this refugee camp, myself, son and my daughter are now displaced, as a matter of fact stranded. I deem it important to contact a neutral person (you) or anyone with a humble committed heart to assist in every way you can to retrieve this deposit on our behalf, please be informed that it contains eight million five hundred Dollars equivalent and an expensive gold item of 240 kilo. I expect your kind reply to give you more detail. Thank you very much.
Mrs. Aziza Abdul Malik.

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