419 scam: "Dr Hj Arbain Bin Lani"<jdrarbain@moh.gov.my> Season Greetings

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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!

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- msmelford@sify.com (Sify; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- hj arbain bin lani-pengarah hospital sultan ismail pandan msmelford@sify.com note: 1) this transaction is completely risk free and will (Sify; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Hj Arbain Bin Lani" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.arbain@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 00:52:18 +0800
Subject: Season Greetings

I am Dr Hj Arbain Bin Lani-Pengarah Hospital Sultan Ismail Pandan, There has
been a high level of demand in our ministry (ministry of health malaysia (MOH)
for a particular vaccine for farm animals, which is mainly found in the UK, this
particular vaccine is called Adequan®I.m. This product has been proved to be the
best here in Malaysia for veterinary home, the secret of this transaction is
that the companies here has gotten absolutely no idea of the dealers and the
price at which we get it from the dealers over there in the UK.

How ever my ministry (ministry of health malaysia (MOH) is making plans for
another purchase through me, so my idea and interest is for you to take the
place of the real supplier and maintain my company's purchase price of (GBP
£4,500.)Pounds, at which my boss has bought through me before, as it will be a
continuos transaction. The mode of this transaction is Cash at the point of
delivery, on the note of your williness to assist in facilitating this
transaction on your own using your capital, we shall both come to a compromise
to determine our own terms of percentage, all that is required in this
transaction is for you to be purchasing this product from the real dealers at
the good rate of ($2,200 USD) Dollars, while making sales to my boss at the rate
of (GBP£4,500.)Pounds, taking the place of the real supplier, after which we
will both make our profit from the interest which suppose to go to the dealers.
All I need from you is to be kind and honest. If you are willing to take this
business opportunity, I am offering you 50% of the profit and 30% is for me
while the remaining would be your operational costs on each transaction.

PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADD:

Dr Hj Arbain Bin Lani-Pengarah Hospital Sultan Ismail Pandan
msmelford@sify.com

Note:
1) This transaction is completely risk free and will take one or two days to
transact. If you can handle this transaction and promise to be faithful then I
will give you all the necessary information to transact this business. also
iwill give you the contact details of the main dealer in the UK.

Thanks.i hope to read from you soon
Regards
Dr Hj Arbain Bin Lani
dr.arbain@gmail.com

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