419 scam: "Mr.lin_sylvain"<info@asiaholdings.com.vn> Good day

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million british pounds" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.lin_sylvain" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.lin_sylvain@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 May 2016 15:22:54 +0200
Subject: Good day

Dear Friend,

My name is MR. LIN SYLVAIN, and I work with CMB BANK CAMBODIA. I Have decided to contact you over this transaction that worth the sum of (£ 48,000,000.00) Forty Eight Million British Pounds Starling.

This is an abandoned fund that belongs to Mr. Bahman Amini. He is one of our customers, a wealthy oil businessman from Uzbekistani that died along with all his family in a plane crash that took place at southern Russian, when a Flydubai plane crashes in Russia and kill all the 62 aboard passengers. You can view the web under.

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/03/18/europe/russia-plane-crash/

There were no beneficiaries stated concerning this fund which means no one would ever come forward to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together so as to have the sum transferred out of my bank into your personal account. I will present you to CMB BANK CAMBODIA as the Next of Kin to Mr. Bahman Amini.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 50% will be for me and 10% for the legal practitioners who will be backing us up.

Please, you have been advised to keep "Top Secret" as I am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal.

All other necessary vital information will be sent to you vie e-mail when I hear from you. If you will abide to my rules, this will be taking us less than 30 working days to actualize.

My regards

MR. LIN SYLVAIN

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