419 scam: "Nurul Ghazali" <embrey@sctelco.net.au> Read Carefully.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Nurul Ghazali" <embrey@sctelco.net.au>
Reply-To: "" <heng.liu2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 18:55:25 +1000
Subject: Read Carefully.

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day to you. By way of introduction,I am Nurul Ghazali,
a staff of Private Banking Services at the CIMB Bank (Malaysia).
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 have a business proposal which I believe would be of interest to you. It
concerns a deceased client who deposited The sum of US$ 8,370,000.00,
without naming a beneficiary to The funds, I alone have the
deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless I
instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for
as far as CIMB is concerned, the transaction with our deceased customer
concluded when I sent the funds to the firm, all outstanding interactions
in relation to the file are just customer services and due process. They
are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party
that comes forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great
amounts of money trying to track this man's family; they have
investigated for months and have found no family. The investigation has
come to an end.

My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position to
give instruction for the release of the deposit to you as the closest
Surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share
the money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the
next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds
50/50..

If its in your interest to proceed with the transaction,
please respond to this email account "( nurul.ghazali@live.co.uk ) I will
give you a detailed account of the source of the funds as well
as the transaction proper.I anticipate your cooperation.

Regards,

Nurul Ghazali.

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