419 scam: Salma Malek <samukafan@gmail.com> Please I Need Your Help

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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: Salma Malek <samukafan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: salmamalek53@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:34:25 +0000
Subject: Please I Need Your Help

How are you today, Please accept my sincere apologies if my email does
not meet your business or personal ethics, I really like to have a
good relationship with you, and I have a special reason why I decided
to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here.

I came across your e-mail contact prior to a private search while in
need of your assistance.I am Miss.Salma Malek single girl, am 24 years
old from Libya, am presently in St.Christopher's Parish for refugee in
Burkina Faso under United Nations High commission for Refugee,I lost
my parents in the recent war in Libya, right now am in Burkina Faso,
please save my life i am in danger need your help in transferring my
inheritance my father left behind for me in a Bank in Burkina Faso
here,i have every necessary document for the fund, all i needed is a
foreigner who will stand as the foreign partner to my father and
beneficiary of the fund.

The money deposited in the Bank is US$10.5 MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLAR) I just need this fund to be transfer to your bank account so
that i will come over to your country and complete my education as you
know that my country have been in deep crisis due to the war.And I
cannot go back there again because I have nobody again all of my
family were killed in the war. If you are interested to save me and
help me receive my inheritance fund into your bank account with utmost
good faith. Please get back to me for further details .

Best Regards.
Miss.Salma Malek.

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