419 scam: "Bin Hoa" <binhoa43@yahoo.com> From Bin Hoa

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Bin Hoa" <binhoa43@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: bin.hoa43@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2014 10:03:28 +0700
Subject: From Bin Hoa

Greetings,

Although you might be nervous about my email as we have not met before. I
am Mr. Bin Hoa, a Business Manager with a bank in Cambodia, am as well an
account officer to a deceased customer of our bank, Mr. Lekus, who died in a
car accident with his wife and two children along Cambodian Thai-way
on April 16th 2009.
His account of US$11,570,000.00 (Eleven Million Five Hundred and Seventy
Thousand United State Dollars) with us has been unclaimed due to
unavailability of next of kin/relatives to claim his funds and estate in
accordance with the escheat laws in Cambodia as a kingdom.

In view of this, 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 bank elapse. All I require is your honest co-operation
and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please accept my
apologies and keep my confidence. At the end of the transfer you shall
have 40% of the total amount.

Do get back to me as soon as you have received this mail to enable us discuss further.

Kind regards
Bin Hoa

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