419 scam: Wasin Pornphongsa <a0099504@nus.edu.sg> Business ethics

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- sleehk122@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "sleehk122@yahoo.com.hk" <sleehk122@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 15:03:52 +0800
Subject: Business ethics

Dear Esteemed Colleague,

I am Mr.Sung LEE, Auditing and Account Credit Officer, Dah Sing Bank Ltd (Hong Kong).

I hope this email find you in good health. In view of my correspondence with you, I unassumingly solicit for your utmost consideration, as this letter serves as my formal notice of my intent to go into a multinational investment with you in your country.

In an open minded manner, I purposefully contact you to negotiate my proposition for investment of multinational companies and industries with you in your country,if you willingly accept my offer I shall provide you with the relevant details for the investment funds and our procedures in sequence and all other information to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due course.

For your assistance, you shall receive 25% of the funds to be transferred and 10% will be set aside for all expenses incurred by both parties. Kindly delete this e-mail if it does not suit your personal or business ethics and if interested I will appreciate if you can reply me on my personal Email: sleehk122@yahoo.com.hk

Looking forward to you reply

Regards

Mr.Sung LEE

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