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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: "Peng Shek Mo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peng.shekmo@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2013 08:28:42 -0500
Subject: ASSOCIATE REQUEST!

Hello:
I am Peng Shek Mo an underwriter with Pheim Unit Capital Trusts Bhd Malaysia
 
Have contacted you with the hope of getting you to act as trustee in clearance of forty million USD fixed income deposit and to subsequently invest the funds.
 
You earn commission for acting as my trustee in clearance of the fixed income deposit.
I will urgently need your full names,address and phone number to regularize on the funds as the new recipient with the financial institution where the fixed income deposit is presently domicile.
 
Note that the fixed income deposit has to be cleared before the ending of the first quarter of the financial fiscal year 2014.
 
I will enumerate further upon your response.
 
Looking forward to working with you.
Sincerely,
Peng Shek Mo
peng.shekmo@aol.com

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