419 scam: "Vong Narith"<vongnarithmrvong@yahoo.com> URGENT TO YOU FOR REPLY

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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)
- "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)
- "with absolute secrecy" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Vong Narith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mvongnarith@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 18:12:41 +0700
Subject: URGENT TO YOU FOR REPLY

Dear Friend,

I know this mail will come to you as a surprise

because you don't know me. I have no other way to

reach you than these, if the contents here under

are contrary to your moral ethics. please accept

my apology, but please treat with absolute secrecy

and personal. With due regards, my name is Mr.

Vong Narith,Director in charge of audit and

account unit department with a Bank here in

Cambodia.

There is a draft account opened in my bank years

ago by a long-time client of our bank. He was a

CEO/a textile company owner, business man, he was

also a geologist and a mining consultant to

several other mining conglomerates operating in

many countries, before he passed away on the

November 16th 2007 by car accident with his wife

and two children along Cambodia Vietnam road,

leaving nobody as the representative of his

account after his death. The amount in this

account is currently $23,700,000.00.I want to

present you as the representative I will use my

position and influence in our bank to make sure

they release this money to you for us to share. I

will tell you how everything will be executed in

my next mail if your interested to achieve this

success with me.

Kindly get back to me for more details.

Regards,
Mr. Vong.

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