419 scam: "Malaysian Investment Banking Association"<carlos@carlosalbert.com> LOAN APPLICATION/PROJECT FUNDING

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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.
- miba_association@mail2mba.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Malaysian Investment Banking Association" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <MIBA_ASSOCIATION@mail2mba.com>
Date: Wed, 23 May 2012 01:14:52 +0800
Subject: LOAN APPLICATION/PROJECT FUNDING

Malaysian Investment Banking Association
Box #23, 4th Floor, South Block,
Wisma Selangor Dredging
142-B, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.

Greetings.

My name is Mr Aban Hakim (Principal Financier/Investments banker)

We the Malaysian Investment Banking Association wish to offer business executives and individuals opportunity to apply for loans for project or apply as a full registered agent with MIBA. Invitation to Join our principle office, Malaysian Investment Banking Association which is a financial service center, whose main focus is to create the right regulatory and legal frame work for the financial service firms to operate within our jurisdiction in order to assure
the development of a sound financial center with the highest national standard of best business practices, In this regard, we only offer guidance financially to institutions/individual that would like to set up an office/new establishment, loan and fully register with the Malaysian Investment Banking Association and know more about Malaysia and the region.

And also involved in the referral business, promoting financial services institutions, providing finances/loan to companies/industries/individual with good business idea, any types of loan, partnership, and joint venture or procuring investments in local or overseas projects that have not been initiated by us or to employ agents abroad that can connect us to good business idea that need financing/loan.

Get back to me for further details

Mr Aban Hakim
(Principal Financier/Investments banker)
MIBA_ASSOCIATION@mail2mba.com
www.miba.com.my

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