419 scam: "Haikel Ismail" <info@care.com.my> DEAR PENDING TM CUSTOMER ,

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- maybanktransfer.com.my@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Haikel Ismail" <info@care.com.my>
Reply-To: maybanktransfer.com.my@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2021 10:46:58 +0800
Subject: DEAR PENDING TM CUSTOMER ,

TELEKOM MALAYSIA BERHAD (TM)
Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia.

This is to inform you that your funds RM 270,000.00 is still much available
with Maybank Berhad for transfer and they are seriously waiting for you to
contact them in other for your funds to be quickly credited to your personal
bank account and as you must know proper instruction has been given to them
to ensure that once you contact them and provide their requirement within an
hour time your funds will be credited to your bank account.

All you need to do is to contact Maybank Berhad with the details below;

Contact Remittance: Malayan Banking Berhad
Office Email: maybanktransfer.com.my@gmail.com
Nombor WhatsApp: +60176106813 Whatsapp.

Make sure you also provide this information below while contacting Maybank
Berhad in order to make sure the crediting process goes through successfully
in order for you to receive your funds.

1. Name of Account Holder:
2. Bank Account Number:
3. Personal Phone Number:
4. Name of Bank:

With this information required i assure you deeply from the desk of Telekom
Malaysia Berhad your funds will be credited successfully to your bank account
and be rest assure that while contacting Maybank Berhad the amount you are
to pay to them only is RM 700 and nothing more than this fee because this
amount contains Security Keeping Fee,Crediting Fee and all other hidden
payment in total you are to provide to Maybank Berhad is RM 700 only.

Telekom Malaysia Berhad would like to apologies if any mistake or wrong has
been taking place in the past regarding your funds transfer and we want to
assure you that this time while crediting your funds to your bank account
there will be no mistake and only the amount of RM 700 is needed to complete
everything.

Kindly update us as soon as you have contacted them and always update us
about the transaction while dealing with Maybank Berhad .

Thanks for your time and understanding,

Regards,

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