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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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Telekom Malaysia Berhad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tmbonus@outlook.my>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 07:49:14 -0800
Subject: NOTIS RASMI HADIAH TELEKOM MALAYSIA
Telekom Malaysia Berhad
G.03B, Ground Floor, Kompleks Antarabangsa, Jln Sultan Ismail, Off Jalan Ampang
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia.
NOTIS RASMI HADIAH TELEKOM MALAYSIA
Pihak Telekom Malaysia @Program Kemenangan yang telah diadakan pada 21st Januari 2015 di mana alamat email anda yang disertakan beraama Tiket Kemenangan nombor 2 - 4 - 16 -
37 - 89 - 40 -85 dengan siri nombor 2268/02 telah memenangi loteri kategori hadiah kedua khas keluarga Telekom Malaysia. Untuk menuntut hadiah kemenangan ini anda dikehendaki menghubungi melalui e mail Bahagian Tuntutan untuk tujuan pemerosesan dan pembayaran hadiah wang tunai kepada anda.
Di sepanjang program Khas Keluarga Telekom yang telah diadakan di Ibupejabat di Kuala Lumpur sejumlah Rm270,000.00 (Ringgit Malaysia : Dua Ratus Tujoh Puloh Ribu) telah dianugerahkan kepada anda oleh Telekom Malaysia Berhad kepada anda dan keluarga anda sempena sambutsn Hari Raya 2015 ini.
Program ini turut dibiayai bersama oleh Toyota Malaysia dan Tenaga Nasional sebagai pakej istimewa Telekom 2015 dan anda perlu memahami bahawa e mail ini adalah 100% sah dan diiktiraf kerana program ini kebiasaannya diadakan sekali dalam masa lima tahun.
Sila hubungi agen kami untuk menuntut hadiah ini :
EN SHAFIE BIN HASSAN
Pengarah Bahagian Tuntutan
E-mail: tmbonus@outlook.my
Untuk tujuan pemerosesan sila hubungi agen kami dengan maklumat-maklumat berikut:
1) Nama Penuh:
2). Umur:
3). Pekerjaan:
4). Telefon:
5). Negeri / Bandar:
Perlu diingatkan bahawa hadiah akhir tahun Telekom Malaysia Berhad 2015 ini adalah diberikan khas kepada anda dan keluarga anda dan anda hendaklah membuat tunttan ini sebelum 1st Februari 2015.
Terima kasih.
Mrs Nadia binti Rafik
Pengurus Eksekutif
Anugerah Telekom Malaysia
Ibupejabat telekom Malaysia.
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