419 scam: "Yahya Malik"<mamonica@angel.ocn.ne.jp> Can i trust you

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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:
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Yahya Malik" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yahyamalik55@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2017 01:47:20 -0800
Subject: Can i trust you

Hello Dear,

I am a personal attorney to my late client. Since him and his family perished in a Tsunami Disaster in Indonesia, I have done all my best to contact any of his family members for 3 years now.

He has (USD 14,700, 000) Fourteen million, seven hundred thousand United State Dollars. in a Finance House, and I have all the document of deposit and none of his family member knows about this deposit or
has tried to enquire about it till date.

Your last name matches with my late client’s name; hence I solicit your cooperation to work with me to claim the funds as a next of kin.

The Finance House will release the Funds to anyone I endorse, and there is no risk and we will share 60/40. If no one claims the funds soon, through the safe deposit law, after 3 years of none performance
of demurrage settlement the deposit would be auctioned.

Regards,

Yahya Malik

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