419 scam: "Mr. Shon Kyong " <fax1@compensationdeptmt.tk> YOUR RESPONSE IS ANTICIPATED

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Shon Kyong " <fax1@compensationdeptmt.tk>
Reply-To: <shonkyong221@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2016 10:37:56 -0700
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE IS ANTICIPATED

Mr. Shon Kyong;
Republic of Korea Notary Agent.

I have been trying to notify you as my earlier letter to you returned undelivered. Again, I humbly write to officially inform you that you have been nominated to receive a compromised funds which I was mandated by the International Development Association, World Bank Group Switzerland, to deliver your contract sum in cash through diplomatic means/notion.

According to IDA, this donation is help you pursue your frontier research and also for personal business development and enhancement of your educational plans. I wish to contact you for the execution of this letter so that we can discuss specifics and modalities that this entails. Above all, requesting for my details as well and having my fingerprints and photograph taken at the same time by the Financial Action Task Force(FATF) and other government authorities are done.

Your immediate response to this mail shall aid me proceed on the proper execution of this donation.

Sincerely,

Mr. Shon Kyong

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