419 scam: "Ms. Reem" <eric.kim@globalbse.net> Treat As 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:
- "ms.r3em@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "ms.r3em@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Reem" <eric.kim@globalbse.net>
Reply-To: ms.r3em@yandex.com
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2024 04:03:08 +0700
Subject: Treat As Urgent

Hello, My name is Ms. Reem Ebrahim Al-Hashimi, I am the Minister of state a=
nd Petroleum also Minister of State for International Cooperation in the UA=
E. I write to you on behalf of my other "three (3) colleagues" who has appr=
oved me to solicit for your "partnership in claiming of {us$47=3DMillion}" =
from a Financial Home in Cambodia on their behalf and for our "Mutual Benef=
its". The Fund {us$47=3DMillion} is our share from the (over-invoiced) Oil/=
Gas deal with the Cambodian/Vietnam Government within 2013/2014, however, w=
e don't want our government to know about the fund. If this proposal intere=
sts you, let me know, by sending me an email and I will send to you detaile=
d information on how this business would be successfully transacted. Be inf=
ormed that nobody knows about the secret of this fund except us, and we kno=
w how to carry out the entire transaction. So I am compelled to ask that yo=
u will stand on our behalf and receive this fund into any account that is s=
olely controlled by you. We will compensate you with 15% of the total amoun=
t involved as gratification for being our partner in this transaction. Repl=
y to: ms.r3em@yandex.com Regards, Ms. Reem. ms.r3em@yandex.com

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