419 scam: "Mr. Sean Kong"<test@emobalegh.com> Re: Dear Beneficiary

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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: "Mr. Sean Kong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sean.kong558@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 17:28:30 +0700
Subject: Re: Dear Beneficiary

>From Desk of: Christopher Fernandez
Director, International Payment Department

Dear Beneficiary

We wish to notify you during the on going Economic Summit of the International Monetary Fund in the presence of key economic policy makers, decision reached was to recall all overdue payment from banks and government treasury owed to several winners and released to them via our supervision through our office in Cambodia.

The payment instrument via Online Non Resident account for the outstanding value has been approved in your name as the beneficiary of the approved sum due to be cleared by the Financial Clearing House in Cambodia.

You are to contact the payment release officer: Mr. Sean Kong
ACLEDA BANK PLC.
HEADQUARTERS:
#61, PREAH MONIVONG BLVD., SANGKAT SRAH CHORK,
KHAN DAUN PENH, PHNOM PENH,
CAMBODIA.
TEL: +855 77862394
Email: acledabank@abnplckh.com

He will be handling the clearance of your payment instrument conversion for release of the full amount via Online Non-resident account in your name.

Christopher Moore
Director, International Payment

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