419 scam: "Mr. Adam Bin" <adambin75@att.net> RECIEVED ON MY BEHALF

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- adambinmalay@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Adam Bin" <adambin75@att.net>
Reply-To: <adambin1@gawab.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:42:59 -0700
Subject: RECIEVED ON MY BEHALF

Compliment of the day:

My name is Mr. Adam Bin; I am Oil broker with Citibank of Malaysia. This is a great offer of fund transfer and I got your email address through the American web directory and I decided to contact you for a transfer business. I have made all the verification regarding this fund and I can assure you that the transfer will be a success.
The transfer amount is $2, 000, 000, 00{TWO MILLION USD} and the good thing about this offer is that you do not have to pay any advance fee to any one until the fund is transfer to your bank account in the USA, all the transfer charges and the document fees will be pay by an investor but after the transfer of the fund into your account we will give the investor 50% of the total money.
So I decided to contact you because I believe that you will be able to handle the transfer of the fund into your bank account then after the transfer of the fund to your account I will instruct you and direct you on mode of sharing.
I will offer you 15% of the total money and 50% for the investor and the remaining money 35% will be for me and my colleague, so I need to hear from you as soon as possible so that I will commence on the transfer process of the fund without any delay as you can see this is an open deal and I am contacting you because I believe that you will be able to assist me as the beneficiary and I am repeating my word, it is 100% risk free and no risk were involved. Once again if you cannot handle the business, let me know.
Thank you for your attention and have a good day.
Mr. Adam Bin
Email:adambinmalay@gmail.com

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