419 scam: Mr Narith Lim <mrlimnarith@foxmail.com> GREETING FROM CAMBODIA BANK

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Narith Lim <mrlimnarith@foxmail.com>
Reply-To: mrnarithlim@foxmail.com
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 13:18:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: GREETING FROM CAMBODIA BANK

Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before. I have gone through your business profile and I decided to contact you in good faith, with utmost assurance that you will never regret giving your attention to this mail. My name is Mr Narith Lim. I am the Director in charge of audit and account unit department with a Bank here in Asia.You will know me more as we go on. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $13,000,000.00 (Thirteen Million United State Dollars). plus the interest-rate since 2003.

The fund has been dormant(in-active) for 11 years in our Bank here without anybody coming for it. I want to release the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer (the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed next of kin in air crash in tsunami disaster on December 26 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia. Click on this link for your reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake.
I don't want the fund to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, So this is the reason why I contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. I will send you the application form you will fill and send to the bank for transfer of the fund into your bank account and also note that you will have 50% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business and 50% is for me. I need your informationâ€™s so that I will send you the application form.

Now my questions are:-
1. Can you handle this project? â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦
2. Can I give you this trust? â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦

If yes, send to me your personal information as below:

Your Name.........
Your Home Addresses.. ....
City.. ......
Country.. ......
Home Telephone.. .....
Private Telephone.. ......
Fax No.. ......
Marital Status.. ......
Sex...............
Age.. ......
Occupation.. .......
Religion.. .........
waiting for your urgent response so that we will proceed immediately.
Best Regards,

Sincerely,
Mr Narith Lim

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