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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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Fraud email example:

From: "marisoco_ma2@terra.es" <marisoco_ma2@terra.es>
Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 04:54:18 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE!



MRS MARIA SOCORRO
CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER
HEAD OFFICE EQUITABLE PCI BANK TWR.
MKT AVENUE.COR.H.V DELA COSTA STR
PHILIPPPINES.
Good Day,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for your
Unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring
Maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure
You that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing
You will need to know regarding this proposal, will be adequately answered
to give you a clearer understanding of it so as to arrive at a
Successful conclusion.
I implore you to please make sure you hold this mail and all subsequent correspondences regarding this proposal in strictest confidentiality.
Let me start by introducing myself, I am MRS MARIA SOCORRO, CREDIT
ACCOUNTS OFFICER EQUITABLE PCI BANK.
I am writing you this letter based on the recent development in Thailand and as it affects our customer whom I have over the years, been his reliable confidant as regard his transaction with our bank.
The said client of my bank who prefers to remain anonymous based on security reasons, is a close relative of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who was just recently ousted out of office in a bloodless coup led by General Sonthi Boonyaratklin. For over to four years, this client of ours has made a deposit of usd23,133,000(twenty three million one hundred and thirty three thousand USD) to our bank, recently he came to Philippine and confided in me that he would want the money he deposited in his account transferred to a secret account abroad as the present government led by the coupist, Sonthi Boonyaratklin is nursing the intention of initiating an anti corruption probe so as to probe the past leadership of Thailand that was accused of embezzlement among other allegations of corrupt practices and disloyalty to the palace which he(our client) was a notable personality. He said he will want the transfer to be made immediately as there are possibilities of tracing his already existing account in the Philippines to him if the money is not transferred to a secret account abroad in order to close the present account in Equitable PCI Bank which can easily be traced to him by the present leadership of Thailand. He emphasized that he would be willing to give 15% of the sum total of the said amount to the person who will be willing to assist for this transaction and also set 5% aside for logistics as he also promised to offer 15% of the said amount to me if I can help him get a reliable person abroad who will respond positively to this transfer proposal. In summary, all I ask of you is to provide a foreign account in your name in which we will transfer this money to.
It is important I bring to your knowledge that this transaction is indeed 100% risk free as the only risk here is getting a reliable individual with a reasonable level of integrity who will not turn out to become greedy after the money may have been transferred into his account based on this, I will want us to know each other better pending when I get your response because I can not compromise trust, integrity and confidentiality as the internet is full of people with fraudulent intentions which has been my major worry. However, I have decided to get this transaction done with you believing you will not let me down or betray the trust I intend to build in you.
I know that as we progress, any existing doubt(s) will be put to rest. Fortunately, I am in a position to ensure and will actually see to it that the transaction is completed smoothly and swiftly. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting, soon.
Please contact me on my personal email; marisoco_2@yahoo.co.uk as your response will determine how swift this transaction will be. Bear in mind also that this is absolutely a private deal and should be treated with all measures of confidentiality.
Yours respectfully
Maria Socorro.
NB
I expect your response as soon as possible.








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