419 scam: "Pn Wong Pooi Leng"<info@no-reply.com> Urgent Attention Required!!!

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- pnwong.leng8@sify.com (Sify; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Pn Wong Pooi Leng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pnwong.leng7@sify.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 06:33:57 +0800
Subject: Urgent Attention Required!!!

Pn Wong Pooi Leng (Business/ Investment Manager)
Hong Leong Bank Berhad Malaysia
Tel: +60 123 380 148 (Private)
Contact Email: pnwong.leng8@sify.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

Actually I got your contact from your country's CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, during my discrete online search through a web based directory while searching for a foreign partner to execute this project together.This is were all individual and business contact are kept. Please do not be offended with the manner I contacted you. It was necessitated by the urgency and nature of this transaction.

Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr.Pn Wong Pooi Leng,Business/ Investment Manager of Hong Leong Bank Berhad. I have an obscured business suggestion for you. In 2003, El-Haj Mohammed Suharto the then Incumbent President of Indonesia ,made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Twenty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars($27,500,000.00) only in my branch.

Upon maturity several notices were sent to him in 2004 which he didn't respond to.This continued from 2004 till 2008 when We later found out that El-Haj Mohammed Suharto died in seclusion of Heart related ailment.

After further investigation it was also discovered that El-Haj Mohammed Suharto, did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was in my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.

I will also perfect the documentations with the assistance of my attorney to give the transaction the legal right so that we wont contravene International Banking Laws.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to have the funds transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you, Should you be interested please send me your,

(1) Full Names: (2) Private Phone Number (3) Current Residential Address,

And finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation.

Regards,
Pn Wong Pooi Leng
Contact Email: pnwong.leng8@sify.com

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