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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.baek jong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kmcaeenan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2019 02:44:44 +0100
Subject: LETS SUPPORT HIS VISION TO HELP THE POOR

Good Day dear friend,

I decided to write you this proposal in good faith, believing that you will not betray me. I have been in search of someone with the same last name of our
late customer and close friend of mine (Mr.Saud), hence i contacted you because both of you bear the same surname and coincidentally from the same country ,
and i was pushed to contact you to see how best we can assist each other. Meanwhile I am Mr. Baek Jong a reputable banker here in PHNOM PENH COMMERCIAL BANK
(PPCB)CAMBODIA .

On the 15 march 2007, the young millionaire (Mr.Saud ),a citizen of your country and crude oil dealer mogul made a fixed deposit with my bank and the mature
date for this deposit contract was on 30th of November, 2014.since then i have been searching for a reputable sincere and trustable person to do this with
who will never betray me .because i discovered the bank manager wants to share the money among them selves but no i disagrree with them and dont want that to
happen because i was the account officer of late SAUD and i remember what he told me on the day he was making the deposit , he says on our discussion that
when this fixed deposit is riped that he will give 70% of it to the orphanage then 30% for him self but death came and destroyed everything, sadly he was
among the death victims in the 12 May 2008, earthquake disaster in china that killed over 65,000 people.Because he was in china on a business trip and that
was how he meet his end,now the bank manager wants to share the money for them selves to get more richer,but i will not allow that to happen,i will make sure
the dream of Mr Saud is achieved so that his heart and spirit can be at peace.please i need you to assist me .i would rather let you have the 30% that Mr
Saud willed to him selve than to allow the rich bank manager get richer and the poor more poorer.

.As Mr SAUD account officer the bank has giving me a mandate to provide the next of Kin of Mr SAUD before 15th of june 2019.MR Saud was my client and my
fiend ,and i am also his account relationship officer,and he did not mention any Next of Kin / their when the account was opened, because he was not married
and no children.Last week my bank management reminded and requested that if i have found the next of KIN to Mr.Saud and i said yes they should hold on give
sometime to follow instructions on what to do about his funds, if to renew the contract or not.

I know this will happen and that is why i have been looking for a means to handle the situation, because if my bank directors happens to know that he has no
next of KIN OR Family and do not have any heir, they will take the funds for their personal use, so i don't want such to happen. That is why i am seeking
your co-operation to present you as the Next of Kin / heir to the account, since you bear same last name with the deceased customer.

There is no risk involved; the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. It is better that we
claim the money, than allowing the bank directors to take it, they are rich already. I am not a greedy person, so i am suggesting we share the funds in this
ratio, 35% for you 35% for me 30% for the orphanage i.e. Equal. Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information highly confidential.

I will review further information’s / details to you as soon as i receive your positive reply to my private email address ( kmcaeenan@gmail.com )

I wait for your positive response.

With Regards

Mr. Baek Jong

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