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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: "Ling Carl " <resti.fauziah@bpjs-kesehatan.go.id>
Reply-To: <lincarl09@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Sep 2016 00:58:13 +0800
Subject: Re

Dear Associate,

Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making
you this offer and it is utterly confidential and genuine by virtue of its
nature. I cannot imagine the surprise this will bring to you, but please be
rest assured is with good faith and intentions from a friend in dare need of
your assistance.I am a, staff of Private Banking Service at the Bank of
China (BOC). I am contacting you concerning our customer,an investment
placed under our banks management 7 years ago. I would respectfully request
that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the
integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I
contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of
this communication. Our client died intestate and nominated no successor in
title over the investments financial portfolio of $28.370 million United
States Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his
behalf.The essence of this communication with you is to request your
interest so that I can use my position in the bank to establish your
eligibility to assume status of successor in title to the deceased. I want
to know if you are willing to follow up this business seriously before I can
give you more details about this transaction. The proceeds and the
percentages of splitting the proceeds will be revealed to you as soon as you
signify your interest in favor of this business transaction.I am a gentleman
of honor who has this opportunity and will not let it go having worked in
this sector for several years. This is my only opportunity and I will not
toy with it. I will also assure you that I know what I am doing and to the
best of my knowledge, the entire project is legitimate and very risk free in
as much as we observe high level of confidentiality and treat this matter
accordingly with the two of us sharing ideas and not missing words.I want to
know if you are willing to follow up this business seriously before I can
give you more details about this transaction and my International passport
or Drivers license so you know who you dealing with, however I Shall be
waiting your response and assurance.If we can be of one accord, send me your
response to enable us commence this line of discussion.

I await your response.

Ling

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Kartu Indonesia Sehat (KIS) adalah tanda kepesertaan Jaminan Kesehatan Nasional (JKN) untuk memperoleh pelayanan kesehatan yang komprehensif pada fasilitas kesehatan melalui mekanisme sistem rujukan berjenjang dan atas indikasi medis*.

KIS diterbitkan oleh BPJS Kesehatan untuk seluruh peserta jaminan kesehatan termasuk penerima bantuan iuran (PBI).

Kepesertaan KIS ada 2 kelompok:

1. Kelompok masyarakat yang wajib mendaftar dan membayar iuran, baik membayar sendiri, ataupun berkontribusi bersama pemberi kerjanya;
2. Kelompok masyarakat miskin dan tidak mampu yang didaftarkan oleh pemerintah dan iurannya dibayari oleh pemerintah

*) Kartu lainnya: Kartu Eks Askes, Eks Jamkesmas, KJS, Kartu JKN BPJS Kesehatan, masih tetap berlaku sesuai ketentuan sepanjang belum diganti dengan Kartu Indonesia Sehat (KIS).

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