419 scam: Harry Heinze <mmpidmalaysia@asia.com> URGENT: Confirmation of Beneficiary and Amount Information

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- mmpidmalaysia@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Harry Heinze <mmpidmalaysia@asia.com>
Reply-To: mmpidmalaysia@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 May 2011 02:35:55 -0500
Subject: URGENT: Confirmation of Beneficiary and Amount Information

Beneficiary,

Please read and understand the content of this message carefully before responding, This is the missing money private investigator detectives from Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Currently, the Chief Financial Officer holds unclaimed property accounts valued at more than $1 billion, mostly from dormant accounts in financial institutions, insurance and utility companies, securities and trust holdings. In addition to money and securities, unclaimed property includes tangible property such as watches, jewelry, coins, currency, stamps, historical items and other miscellaneous articles from abandoned safe deposit boxes. Unclaimed money is deposited into the state school fund, where it is used for public education. There is, however, no statute of limitations, and citizens and non-citizens have the right to claim their property any time at no cost.

But this is upon confirmation and proper verification that your claim is indeed genuine, We found out on our file that you have an unclaimed missing funds but all information on it are unclear except your email address, Please reply back with your proper full name and address and company name so that we can look up the exact amount and other information related to this. We hope to read from you soon.

Regards,
MMPID.
Harry Heinze
mmpidmalaysia@gmail.com

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