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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: support@respund.com
Reply-To: tanboonguan11@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 03 Jun 2015 23:31:30 -0500
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

My name is Tan Boon Guan; I am the regional manager of MayBank of
Malaysia. I got your information when i was searching for an oversea
partner among other names. I write you this proposal in good faith; I am
46 years old married with two lovely kids. I am a devoted Christian and
a man of peace.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both you and
I, as the regional manager of MayBank of Malaysia. it is my duty to send
in a financial report to my head office in the capital city of Kuala
Lumpur at the end of each business yearly business report, I discovered
that my branch in which I am the manager, made three million six hundred
united state dollars ($3.6m)usd which my head office are not aware of
and will never be aware of. I have placed this funds on what we call
escrow call account with no beneficiary.

As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money,
so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your
bank account and get 30% of the total funds as commission.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original
depositor of these funds, if you accept to work with me I will
appreciate it very much. Email me, so that we can go over the details
and i will give you the full information about this account and the pin
code to release the fund. Remember there is no risk involved that i
promise.

Thank you in advance,

Yours truly

Mr. Tan Boon Guan
tanboonguan11@gmail.com

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