419 scam: "Mike Mokhari" <eka@biz.net.id> Business Proposal

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mike Mokhari" <eka@biz.net.id>
Reply-To: mikemokhari51@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 07:41:38 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: Business Proposal

Greetings,
With due respect, I must apologize for this unsolicited message, I am
aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approaching an
unknowing person for establishment of project.

But I respectfully insist you read this message carefully before you
either take a decision of proceeding or deleting my message as I am
optimistic it will be successful for unimaginable financial benefit for
the both of us.

In-which I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate a sum of
money Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand France EUR Euro. Into your
personal bank account and to It is a genuine business transaction which i
cannot operate it alone without using a Foreigner as required in the bank
law, therefore i am contacting you to stand before the bank as the
beneficiary next of kin to this fund and assist me actualize this great
opportunity so that we could shear the benefit together by the help of
God.

Therefore indicate your full interest on assurance of trust and in the
area you are not interested of this deal please kindly delete it
immediately from your email box thanks.

Looking forward for your urgent response

Regards, in sincerity,
Mike Mokhari
+226 64828181

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