419 scam: "CHEA SAN"<service@acebit.ro> I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE URGENT....!

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "CHEA SAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <san.chea@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2017 01:04:30 +0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE URGENT....!

Dear beneficiary,

Am Mr.Chea San, working with Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB). it is with good spirit of heart i opened up this great opportunity to you A deceased client of mine that shares almost the same name as yours died as a result of heart-related condition on march 2005.His heart condition was duo to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26 December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia where they all lost their lives,

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1999 by a long-time client of our bank,a national of your country.He was a CEO/a textile company owner,business man,a miner at Kruger mining company here in Royal Kingdom of Cambodia. he was a geologist and consultant to several other mining conglomerates operating in Cambodia,China,Taiwan,South Korea,Japan,Indonesia,Pakistan,Vietnam all in Asia,before he passed away on 12th march 2005 leaving nobody as the next of kin of his account after his death.

I want to present you as a beneficiary,I will use my position and my influence in my bank to make them release this money to you for us to share.If i wait for days and i do not hear from you,I shall look for another person.

Please get back to me as soon as possible for more details, if you are interested in my proposal,

Best Regards,

Mr.Chea San

Board member

Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia

Phnom Penh.

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