419 scam: Almin Surta <websssx123@outlook.com> Request in your Favour

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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 sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "alminsurta@outlook.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Almin Surta <websssx123@outlook.com>
Reply-To: <alminsurta@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 06:17:27 +0200
Subject: Request in your Favour

Dear Sir/Madam,

The urgency of this letter requires an immediate response
for us to achieve our set out objective.

I am a banker (accountant) with a top bank here in Malaysia;
there is this customer in our bank that is an expatriate and work in the oil
industry here that was in that ill fated Malaysian Airline MH that Is Missing
or Crashed. I was instrumental to him
opening a domiciliary account with our bank.

I decided to go through his file and accounting record yesterday
and discover that he has $8,560M USD in the domiciliary account with no next of
kin in the document.

According to our Malaysian banking laws, in the event of the
demise of a foreign client only his next of kin from his home country can claim
the funds. This expatriate is from South Africa; hence contact with you becomes
imperative.

If you do not lay claim to this funds it shall be forfeited
to the national treasury after one year, as unclaimed funds.

I will use my position to influence all the process,
including getting all the necessary papers and the funds will be release and
transfer to his home country which is South Africa.

This is why i need you to provide a South African bank
account where this $8.560M shall be transferred into. For your assistance in
providing the account, i will offer you 30%.

Once i receive your cogent reply i will give you modalities
on the transfer.

I need to remind you that everything about this transaction
should be kept pure secret, until funds

Leave Malaysia, as i am still in the service of my bank.

Regards

Almin Surta

Email: alminsurta@outlook.com

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