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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.Harjinder Singh<sales@e-ports.life >
Reply-To: mrharjindersingh@malayanbankingberhad.com
Date: 25 Jul 2022 00:48:56 -0700
Subject: Re: Business Proposal

400 Park Ave 11th floor,
New York, NY 10022,
United States
SWIFT/BIC: MBBEMYKLXXX
Email:(   mrharjindersingh@malaya nbankingberhad.com   )
Phone: +1 814 240 0879

Dear Sir/Madam,
I am an Investment Consultant working with Bank Malayan Banking Berhad
(May-Bank) New York at their unclaimed assets department. I will be
happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or
personal Bank Account and if you are capable of keeping TOP SECRET. I
need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, if I transfer
this money to your account.During one of our periodic auditing I
discovered a dormant accounts with holding balance of US$36,000.000.00
{Thirty-Six million US Dollars only} Sometimes a person will open a
bank account, deposit money, and then disappear into the thin air.
Banks are not always able to find out what has become of these silent
customers, or to know whether they should follow up on requests from
people who claim to be heirs to the accounts. The main problem is that
the customer resides abroad and, due to bank secrecy, the bank cannot
publish notices in the international press to locate the depositories.
This has led the majority of Swiss banks to refrain from opening
small-deposit accounts for foreign customers; for fear that they will
forget that the account exists.It has happened in the past, however,
that customers pass away and their heirs can neither prove the death,
nor their heir ship. This was a frequent occurrence during the wartime
periods, and the banks have now set up a simple, rapid resolution
procedure operating to their customers' advantage.Dormant assets are
defined as any assets deposited with a bank (i.e. an account, a
custody account or a safety-deposit box) for which there has been no
contact with the customer in the bank's files for the last ten years
or more.If you believe you have claim to a Swiss bank account for
which the holder (e.g. an ancestor) has not been in contact with the
bank for over ten years,there is a fairly simple procedure to follow,
depending on the date the account was opened this account has not been
operated for the past years. As at this moment, I am constrained to
issue more details about this business until your response is
received.If you know that you are capable to handle large or small
amount on trust and can keep secret and ready to take 40% of any
amount I transfer to your account from the dormant account and I will
take 60%, send the following information by return mail:
Beneficiary Bank name...
Bank address..................
Account no.....................
Swift code....................
Account name.................
Beneficiary address...........
Your phone no................
Your Occupation?
Age.........................

Tell me more about yourself, while I look forward to receiving the
above Information. I want to reassure you that this business is risk
free and you can send an empty account to receive the funds, provided
that the account is capable of receiving incoming funds.
Email:(   mrharjindersingh@malaya nbankingberhad.com   )

Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest regards

Mr.Harjinder Singh

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