419 scam: "Ngorn Bunpa"<ngornb@yahoo.com> Greeting you and family

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "with absolute secrecy" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- ngornbunp2@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ngorn Bunpa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ngornbunp2@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2011 10:25:23 +0700
Subject: Greeting you and family

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the season and my best wishes to you and family, I apologize if the contents here under are contrary to your moral ethics, but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.

My name is Mr. Ngorn Bunpa, am a Cambodian and a bank manager with May-Bank Cambodia, am as well an account officer to a deceased customer of our bank, we lost this customer in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_In...ean_earthquake and his account of US$19.761 million with us has been unclaimed due to unavailability of a next of kin/relatives to claim his estate.

In accordance with the escheat laws in Cambodia as a kingdom, the board of directors of the bank met forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased over to Government having waited for too long without the deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing property and if this is done, invariably, the funds will end up to become Government property and it is as a result of this that am moved to contact you considering the fact that you share almost the same name with the deceased.

In view of this, I am seeking your cooperation and understanding to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before the period given by the Nation Bank elapse. If you are interested and in agreement with me, get back to me quickly and we will proceed immediately without your presence here in Cambodia, and be rest assured that it is risk free project and the proceedings will be shared 50% each once the fund are repatriated into your account anywhere in the world.

Please reply immediately with your information including your telephone number for easy communication and oral discussion.

Please do not disclose any part of this message to third party if you are not interested.

Best Regards.
Ngorn Bunpa
Mobile # (+855)-1146-1268
Email: ngornbunp2@hotmail.com

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