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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: Thitima suksri <thitimasuksri3@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 12:35:03 +0700
Subject: Greetings to you,

Greetings to you
I believe you are a highly Placed person considering the fact That I got
your email from a human resource database of your country,I request you
treat what I am telling you about with seriousness and confidentiality.
Well, I am Miss Thitima from Thailand, a banker. I was the account
officer to a late customer (name withheld for security Reasons) who was an
exporter of rice from Thailand.On the 21st of July 2008, as he died in His
Sleep a result of heart related illness. Before His death, I helped him
deposit the sum of 12.3 million U.S. Dollars as fixed deposit with our
bank. The said deposit has long matured and no one has not shown up for the
claim.All efforts made to reach any of His relatives have proved
unsuccessful and the money deposited will soon be lost to the government if
the claim is not made immediately.
All I require now is your honest cooperation to enable me present you as
the beneficiary of His deposit in order to claim the money deposited with
our bank. It does not matter if you knew him or not or Whether he is
related to you or not, you can successfully make the claim as long as you
are not here in Thailand.Everything will be made easy by me once you are
ready to co-operate with me.The fund Shall be shared into two equal parts
between the both of us When the claim is made. That I guarantee this will
be done under a legitimate arrangement That will protect you from any
breach of the law both here and in your country.If you can help, write back
for me to give you more details.
Thank you.
Miss. Thitima
Contact me with this email, mthit221@live.com

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