419 scam: "Mr. Hsu Soeun"<admin@vodoprovod.in.ua> please i need your urgent attention

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Hsu Soeun" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hsusoeun@account-officer.asia>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:41:52 +0200
Subject: please i need your urgent attention

Dear,

Please Do not despair at my sudden contact, there is a business proposal that I want to initiate with you, and I demand that you can handle this proposal with a serious mind, as it requires utmost urgency and attention. My name is Mr.Hsu Soeun. I'm the Director in charge of audit and account unit department with a Bank here in South East Asia. You will know me more as we go on.

There is a draft account in my bank, it belongs to a long-time client of my bank. He was a CEO/a textile company owner, business man, a geologist and a mining consultant to several mining conglomerates operating in South East Asia and beyond.

He passed away on the November 16th 2004 by car accident with his wife and two children along Cambodia Vietnam road, leaving nobody as the representative of his account after his death. I want to present you to my Bank as his representative. I will use my position and influence in our bank to make sure that the money in his account is transferred to you for us to share. No risk will apply.

It will be easy for me to present you to my Bank as his representative because you share the same last name with him. I am his account officer, I can assure you that he has no next of kin. The amount involve is USD13.4 million, with more interest accumulating every day. Everything will be 100% risk free.

Get back to me for more details on for to proceed.

Waiting for your Mail.
Thanks and best regards,
Mr. Hsu Soeun..

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