419 scam: "Edum Binti Owin"<postmaster@commerce.gov.sa> Greetings

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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.
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.
- edumbinti@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Edum Binti Owin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <edumbinti@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 20:24:32 +0700
Subject: Greetings

Good Day

My name is Ms. Edum Binti Owin, a Malaysian citizen. I hope this message finds you in a good state of health.

My late husband worked with a financial institution based in The Middle East. During his office tenure with the institution, he masterminded the transfer of the sum of USD12million to a financial institution based in South East Asia. This sum was part of fund intended for use in an oil exploration project.

In the agreement made at the time of deposit, he indicated that the beneficiary is his foreign business partner. All the documents they issued to him by the security company are in my possession.

After my husband's death, I went to the security company as his next of kin with the documents. The security company after carefully going through them advised that I should look for any foreigner to stand as the beneficiary because my late husband indicated that the beneficiary is his foreign business partner. According to them, the fund will be released to any foreigner I nominate.

This is the reason I am contacting you to seek your assistance so that we can retrieve this fund from them for investments. Also note that a good percentage will be negotiated for you for your assistance to realise this project.

This above mentioned fund was lodged in the institution where he worked by a well known philanthropist who perished along with his generation in an air disaster.
You can visit the website below for more details and information about
the plane crash and the tragic death of the deceased and his entire family, late
Dr George Brumely
website:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

I would like your participation to actualize this project if you deem yourself capable. Hard work and sincerity would be highly appreciated..

If this proposal interests you, please respond so that we can move forward and if it doesn’t, please delete it from your system.
Thank you and have a great day.
Binti.
Email: edumbinti@yahoo.com

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