419 scam: "Mrs.Najihah Ei Fong" <info@charity.com> Hello!

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Najihah Ei Fong" <info@charity.com>
Reply-To: najihaleifong@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2016 18:49:56 +0100
Subject: Hello!

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Good day,
I am very WORRIED to write you if you will accept my proposal due to the
high rate of scammers on the global Internet,My full names are "
Mrs.Najihah Ei Fong", i am a Malaysian widow for several years now till
i was contacted by my late husbands Lawyer who discovered some money in
his escrow account in Cambodia.My late husband was a dealer in Malaysian
home made jewelries and Diamonds which is a very expensive garment here
but he accidentally died in one of his business trip from Singapore to
Thailand in a cruise ship, with other nationals in 1999.You can see for
yourself in the email link i have below for your
verification.((http://articles.latimes.com/1999/may/21/news/mn-39484))I
never knew he had a dealer account in Cambodia until the bank had sent a
reminder notice to our lawyer that he had a very large amount in the
bank worth Sixteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars(16.5M US$).Right now the funds have been dormant for over
fifteen years without servicing which had made it dormant and if we do
not file to claim the money, it will be reverted and claimed for use by
the Cambodia government which is their rule and that is why the notice
has been sent to the lawyer.

I on the other hand cannot claim the money according to the rule of law
but as the only surviving wife ,i can as well provide a representative
kin to the lawyer and he shall follow the due legal procedure to place
someone that i have chosen to claim the money.I took this decision
because I donâ€™t have any child that will inherit this money,as soon as I
receive your reply, I shall give you further directives on what to do
and how to go about actualizing this project. I will also instruct my
lawyer to file an application on your behalf to the bank where the funds
were deposited for the transfer of the money to you for this
purpose.Until I hear from you or never.

Yours truly,
Mrs.Najihah Ei Fong

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