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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?Q?Scotiabank=C2=AE_Logo?= <leongsoon02cheong@gmail.com>
Reply-To: leongsoon.cheong@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 01:48:11 +0100
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL


Scotiabank® Logo
Leong Soon Cheong
BRANCH OPERATIONS MANAGER
The Bank of Nova Scotia Berhad
Unit C 211 Metropolitan SQ
Jalan PJU 8/1
Damansara Perdana
47820 Petaling Jaya
Selengor, Malaysia
T 60.1466.46723
F 60.1026.91329

Re: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
I am here to present you this life time opportunity which I know it will
build a consolidated entrusting business partnership between us, I'm Leong
Soon Cheong the Branch Operations Manager (BOM) in Scotiabank of Malaysia,
Damansara Perdana Business Office.
I discovered a non-active account in my office last year March during
account update exercise with good fund accredited to the account on the
18th December 1998 through wire transfer from Allied Irish Bank Plc, Paris
France by Liliane Bettencourt, it’s an Orphanage home account, named Robert
Trust Foundation, but the Director, Mr Robert Ozil Damuka who is the
signatory to the account was arrested and charged for child trafficking
1999 and was pleaded guilty before the High Court and sentence to life
imprisonment January 2000, after serving for 14 months in the prison he
died 2001, Robert Trust Foundation was closed down and license withdraw by
the Malaysia Government.
The account has been dormant/non-active for the past 15 years with the
account balance $11.8 Million, I have tried to locate his next of kin but
it yield no fruit as the family was deported back to their country with
Immigration order never to return or visit the Malaysia, the issue right
now is that the bank board of Directors will hold an Annual Executive
Conference Meeting on the 21st of December 2013 and such fund will be
confiscated by the board as that is the bank policy for any 15 years
non-active account.
I have done so much research trying to get a better solution if I could
assist the less privilege with the fund but that is totally impossible to
do, as the family of the deceased is entirely out of the country and nobody
in the country have access to the account, so I decided to contact you as a
responsible and trustworthy individual who is reliable to stand as next of
kin to the deceased and the fund will be remitted to you as the beneficiary
to the account, you have no important role to play on this business, you
will earn 45% and no risk is involved as i am the Branch Operations Manager
(BOM).
I have the account details and every other vital information we need to
transfer the money to the next of kin and the account will be deleted from
the bank profile after the transaction, 10% will be mapped out for all the
expenses which might occur during the transfer, I have an Attorney who will
present your interest as next of kin before the bank, the application will
be forwarded to my table for approval but no fees will be paid to her until
the transaction is completely confirmed and the fund transferred to your
account.
Well is now up to you if you accept the proposal and feel free to ask me
any question or if any paragraph of this letter gets you confused, am here
to explain, kindly let me know your opinion.
NOTE: In this business we must keep a top secret in other to protect our
interest and personality, third parties are not required and letter should
not be exposed either acceptance of this proposal or not it must be
strictly keep away from public notice.
Best Regards
Leong Soon Cheong
BRANCH OPERATIONS MANAGER
Damansara Perdana Branch
The Bank of Nova Scotia Berhad
Unit C 211 Metropolitan SQ
Jalan PJU 8/1
Damansara Perdana
47820 Petaling Jaya
Selengor, Malaysia
T 60.102412298
F 60.1466.46723
Email:infoofficemy@mail.kz
www.scotiabank

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