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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: "ASIA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <revcomitt@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:33:37 +0800
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

INTERNAL REVENUE/FUNDS DEPARTMENT
ASIA COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)


FILE CODE #: ATM/LAG/MY

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR INHERITANCE FUND VIA ATM SWIFT CARD.

In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF and the European Union(EU), this
is to notify you of your enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt Management
and Settlement Forum organized on the status of global arrangement to have your
beneficiary fund settled once and for all.
Of course, In the hope that you must have been aware of the past financial
leakages in the European foreign inheritance payment system, and frustrations
associated there from in your last attempt to claim the fund,

wherein fund beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected to unnecessary
bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming funds due them. The World Body,
having solicited and received the cooperation of British Government,

in harmonizing the sequence of payments, have discovered from records of
outstanding foreign inheritance fund beneficiaries due them, that your name and
payment has been with held and remain unpaid as a result of such
bottleneck. On the prompting of this finding, I wish to officially notify you
that all aspects of your payment claim is being harmonized, enabling
payment to be released to you as urgently as you act on the instructions of this
mail.

Consequently, HONG LEONG bank Malaysia has been directed by the World Body to
off set these outstanding debts, using ATM Swift Card payment arrangement.
Already, a total amount of US$500 Million has been provided to the bank for this
purpose and it is on first come first serve. With this arrangement, I wish to
inform you that HONG LEONG bank Malaysia has been instructed to issue in your
name an ATM Cash Card with the valued amount
of US$5M. In paying this amount to you, please note that it is without Prejudice
to your original inheritance sum. Rather, it is a stop-gap payment arrangement
put in place by the World Body to on the one hand ensure that you receive part
of your fund, while on the other hand ensure
that the process is smooth and without any form of stress whatsoever,whereas a
comprehensive arrangement shall be made in future to pay off the remaining fund
due you.

However, we are worried with the counter information received from one Mr.Jack
Law, purporting to be from your directive, with express instruction to activate
the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to his name a bank
account in the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant to honor this
instruction as it were, and would request that you clarify same upon your
contact with HONG LEONG bank Malaysia . In addition to that, you should provide
the bank with the following details to forestall any mistake of issuing the ATM
Card with the wrong information already submitted by Mr. Jack Law:

1. Full name for confirmation
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the ATM card to (p.o box not acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification
6. Beneficiary name for activation of your ATM CARD.

Believing that this arrangement will suit your condition and expectations,we
will therefore request for your expedited response to avoid any more
delay.

Your response should be directed to HONG LEONG bank Malaysia ,

Attention: Mr.Dooki Kim ; Director Atm Payment Dept

Email: braynandrew@yahoo.cn
Phone:+601126516469


Your file reference code for your payment is ATM/LAG/MY and should be quoted in
your contact mail to the bank otherwise the bank will not recognize/process your
ATM Swift Payment.



Regards,
Internal Revenue Service

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