419 scam: "Sungil OH"<thunhi@lebaominh.com.vn> =?UTF-8?Q?[=E5=8D=B1]From_OH

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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: "Sungil OH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sungil.oh@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 15:55:16 +0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?[=E5=8D=B1]From_OH_SUNGIL.?=

Dear Associate!
Mr. OH SUNGIL is my name, a Banker and credit system programmer. I saw your email id while browsing through the bank DTC Screen in my office yesterday, so I believe we should use this opportunity to know each other better.

However, I am contacting you for an obvious reason. I am asking for your consent so that I can present you to my Bank Management as the next of kin to a late customer account proceeds for our mutual benefit. I am compelled to do this because I do not want my Bank to take over the ownership of this fund as usual.

If you are interested and in agreement with me, get back to me quickly and I will send to you all the information you may need to proceed without coming to the Bank, and be rest assured it's risk free project.

Have a pleasant day.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. OH SUNGIL

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