419 scam: "Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus"<info@usa.org> Re: READ THIS MESSAGE AND GET BACK ME

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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: "Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <norshamsiahmohdyunu2023@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2023 11:10:08 +0100
Subject: Re: READ THIS MESSAGE AND GET BACK ME

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Address: Jalan Dato Onn, Kuala Lumpur, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah
Persekutuan*
Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.*

How are you? my name is Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus, and I'm the Governor of Bank Negara, we are contacting you regarding your fund which you have not received and we have send several e-mail to you regarding this fund which you have not responded and this will be the last notice we are going to send to you about this fund, and if you don't claim this fund now it will be cancelled.

The reason for this mail is to inform you that Bank Negara Malaysia, are now in charge of transferring your fund into your account and you have stopped any communication with another office regarding this fund.

You are required to follow our instructions so that you will receive your fund and you have only three days to claim this fund, Please respond back so I can send you the details to get this process.

Thank you.

Regards,
Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus,
Governor of Bank
Negara Malaysia (BNM)

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