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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Sim Ton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <desmurray@protonmail.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 12:30:02 -0700
Subject: Looking forward to your prompt reply.

Good Day,


Thanks for your quick response to my message, indicating your interest and willingness to work with me to utilize this great opportunity.

Please note that the basic importance of this business is to keep it secret and confidential, knowing fully well that I am still serving in this bank as a staff pending when we will conclude the operation then I will put in the paper for my resignation and face my independence business.

Once again My name is Mr Sim Ton, working with Phnom Penh Commercial Bank (PPCbank ) Cambodia as the Administrative and Investment Manager.

However before we commence or proceed in this business operation, I think it is vital and necessary to send you my particulars at least for you to have a glance of me, and also know that this business I am proposing to handle with you is really not like all those phoney proposals people sent online.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:

My Bank (PPCbank) has a targeted Investment Profit Returns of 25% Annually, my office/department is in charge of within the bank.

During my departmental Audit on External Investments, I discovered that our external investment recorded a huge Excess Profit Returns in the region of 27.1% which is above the bank target. An Excess of 2 .1% Returns was recorded.

The official calculations of the Excess Returns amounted to USD5,700,000.00 (Five Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ) which the bank management is not aware of and has no knowledge about it.

My purpose of contacting you is to seek your consent and permission to work with me to claim out this Excess Return out of the bank by enlisting /including your name as one of PPCbank foreign Investor. Note after due official payment processes the bank will transfer/remit the above-stated amount to any overseas bank account you may provide as your annual investment dividend payment. I would have handled this operation all alone but it definitely requires the participation of any foreign citizen, thus I am contacting you.

PROCEDURES:
(i) I desire that We must handle this operation in accordance with the bank official processes of paying it’s foreign investors their annual dividend benefits/rights which involves getting a Legal Court Affidavit of Payment Claim in your name addressing your authentication of claiming your payment from the bank.

(ii) I will also make sure that all the Legal and official documents attached to this transaction are obtained and issued in your name.

(iii) After getting all necessary documentation in place, I will put up an official Letter of Dividend Payment Application which you will send directly to our bank International Remittance Director, whose office is in charge of paying all foreign dividend entitlements.

Having briefed or detailed you about this business, if you are willing and interested that we proceed on it, kindly send me all below-listed information to enable me to commence all the paper processing to back-up the transaction.

1) Your Full Name :
2) Your Current Address :
3) Your Nationality :
4) Your Contact Telephone :
5) Company Name : (if any)
6) Present Occupation:
7) Sex : (Male / Female)
8) Email Address

I will air my opinion as thus, after successful and smooth completion of the operation, you will be getting 50% of total value USD5,700,000.00 as your share for your participation, While 50% will go to me as the originator of the deal. Alternatively, both of us may agree and decide to invest the total funds (USD5,700,000.00) into any lucrative business abroad based on equity profit sharing at every end of each fiscal year.

Please revert to me today to acknowledge receipt of my particulars.

BE INFORMED THAT I DO NOT HAVE THE INTENTION OF CONTACTING ANY OTHER PERSON UNLESS I RECEIVE YOUR REPLY EMAIL INFORMING ME YOU ARE NO LONGER INTERESTED.



Reply, me through my private email Address: simton774@gmail.com


Respectfully

Mr Sim Ton

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