419 scam: "Mr. Kravann Sihamuni"<sihamunlkravann@yahoo.com> Dear Please Please reply back to me

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kravann Sihamuni" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sihamunikravann@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 11:12:46 -0600
Subject: Dear Please Please reply back to me

Hello

My sincere greetings and apologies to you. First and foremost , I would like to apologize for my intrusion into your privacy. My name is Mr. Kravann Sihamuni, I am a bank Manager in a bank in Cambodia .

An account was opened in your bank in 1999 and since 2006, no operation is performed.This account has to date in our books , a payable of Fourteen Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars.

After consulting meticulously all archives and records relating to this account , I realized that I could easily have this money if I managed to tack on an account outside so I'm looking for a disceret partner and honest.

The owner of this account was Late Mr. Fire Bernard Feve,an expatriate, director of Petrol- Technical Support Services Inc., a chemical engineer, who died following a traffic accident since 2006 along Vietnam Cambodia high way and no one knows to this day that this account.

This account has no other beneficiary but there is a space to fill in the beneficiary in our database hence that space is still open. I wan us to do this transaction together and I will present you as the next of kin/sole beneficiary to this fund hence the bank Management does not know much about him.

I realize that this message will surprise you because we do not know each other before , but be sure it is a real opportunity that I offer .

I ask you to answer me as soon as possible

Very fraternally .

Mr. Kravann Sihamuni

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