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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alliancebnk.malay.berhad@hotmail.my>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 18:38:59 -0800
Subject: IN LIEU TO THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS..

IN LIEU TO THE TRANSFER OF FUNDS!

Attention,

You are welcome to Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad. We are pleased to be at your service. We are Regulated and Stipulated by the Financial Service Authority(FSA), the financial institutions that govern all financial activities in Malaysia. A notification from United Nations Secretary General Mr. BAN KI MOON, that your overdue fund with Payment Reference No. - FRN-FMF-ABM-FMF.2004-11, Allocation No. - 224728, Password No.- MT103 $28.5 Million USD, Pin Code No - 47679 in the sum of (USD28.5 Million) to be Transfer to your Bank Account over there in Country.


Since you are not a residence of Malaysia, you will be required to open an online transit account with us. This account will serve as an intermediary between our bank and yours. You will be provided with your Account number and pin which you will use to log into our official website and access your Account from your home country online. Once your online account has been set up, it will need to be activated so that it can be able to receive funds. You can then transfer the funds from your online transit account with us down to your local bank account by yourself with the help of our instruction and this will only take you up to 72 hours to reflect on your local bank account.

You are to provide us with the following information for confirmation and verification purpose.


1) FULL NAMES:
2)ADDRESS:
3)SEX:
4)DATE OF BIRTH:

5) PHONE NUMBER:
6)BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION'S (where you want your funds to be remitted):
7)OCCUPATION:
8)COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
9)ANY COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY EITHER YOUR PASSPORT OR NATIONAL I.D CARD COPY.
You are required to get back to us as soon as possible so that your account can be created and your account number and password given to you.


Be warned that this Bank will not tolerate nor condone negligence on the part of any customers as we expect you to treat our correspondence to you with urgency, and your transfer information including your ACCOUNT NUMBER AND PIN should not be disclose to anybody , so that your funds will not be swindled, this is for your own good.


We look forward to serving you better.


Regards

We look forward to serving you better.

Tel : +60166932473
Fax : +60166932473



Best Regards,
Hammeed Binti Ramesh

Chief Operation Officer.

Alliance Bank Malaysia Berhad



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