419 scam: "Mr. Akbar Ibrahim"<hans.schreier@online.com.kh> Await your response.

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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. Akbar Ibrahim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akbar.ibrahim34@cyberia.pl>
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 13:41:25 +0100
Subject: Await your response.

Hello

I'm Akbar Ibrahim, a banker with Bank Negara Indonesia, I contacted you regarding an account belonging to a national of your country, though I was the account officer to the deceased before his demise.

This fund was deposited at the Head Office Branch of Bank Negara Indonesia, which amounts to US$18.4 million with the name Eng. Mohamed Osman Ahmed, the deceased person contacted coronavirus in December 2019 while in China with the family on vacation and died after a month and three weeks later the entire family passed away, leaving behind no one to stand as next of kin, since then I have made all efforts to locate any family member but to no avail.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you since you can stand and have the fund claim from the bank. I have some related documents in my possession as the account officer to backup your claim as the next of kin.

Please wait for your careful response to enable me to detail you the way forward. Again I want you to be discreet about this for the safety of my good office/position.

We can also chat on whats-app

Regards,
Mr. Akbar Ibrahim

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