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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: "Mr.Charuwat Ruangsuwan" <charuwat@she.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2007 17:36:06 +0700
Subject: I AM URGENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL.

Attention:
It is my honor and with a heart deep of humiliation and seeking good consolation that I seek to write to you.
My name is Mr.Charuwat Ruangsuwan , the cousin to Mr. Thaksin Shinawatra, the former Prime Minister of Thailand. Mr. Thaksin Shinwatra during his tenure as the Prime Minister of Thailand before he was ousted by the military junta through a military coupe de tat in 2006.
This happened while we (the Prime Minister) went for United Nations meeting in USA in 2006; the military junta took it as opportunity to carry out a coupe against the prime minister.
This problem started when the Thai opposition government and some royal supporters accused Mr. Thaksin (my uncle) of accumulating billions of dollars from his multi national companies. They also accused him of selling one of his big companies, SHINKORP corporations, which is a telecommunication company to a company in Singapore without paying the tax. There were many accusations of corruption which heightened and caused a lot of demonstrations in Thailand, and a lot of opposition agitated that the prime minister should step down. I personally advised him to step down but he refused due to some wealth he tried to protect before stepping down.
After the coupe, he couldn't return to Thailand because we know that there are risks involved. He went to London where he seek asylum, but it has not been granted. Now, my uncle, Mr. Thaksin is traveling around some countries to be able to get asylum but not yet has any good result yielded.
The Military Junta has seized all the multi billion dollar companies which are legitimately owned by Mr. Thaksin. They have also frozen the bank accounts, even affecting our relatives' companies and accounts. This has caused that we have not enough money now to be able to carry out our requirements to be able to retain our position and gain citizenship in other countries.
Now, the problem we have is that during his tenure in his office, there are some companies and fund which we were running secretly with UN-existing names, and we have made the companies grow so much and with a lot of capital. This money is into millions of dollars and in the bank in Thailand. This is the only means that Mr. Thaksin and our family has a hope of retaining our wealth since the military junta can not have any trace to the companies and the money as relating to the former prime minister.
I write to you so that I will seek your assistance in representing as the owner of the fund amounting US$27,000,000.00 ,[27,000,000.00 Million United State Dollars] so that you can have access to the money in the bank . You will now have to get this money out of Thailand under our assistance from our LAWYER. We will give you all the legitimate information concerning the fund. I will introduce you to a family representative and lawyer who is now in Thailand who will assist you in every way to get every thing changed to your company's name and you as the beneficiary of the money.
You are assured that you will have much benefit as you assist us in this regard. Your Benefit will include a 20% allowance of the companies' capital and cash balance.
Everything you need for success will be provided to you. All you have to do is to let me know your interest. Then I will send you my contact phone number I need an urgent response in this matter.
If you want to know more about these facts, please search for Thailand news and government. You can go to Thailand's most popular news paper online www.bangkokpost.com <http://www.bangkokpost.com/> where you will always be having news about this.
Please do not disclose any part of this message even if you are not interested in giving this profitable assistance.
You can contact me by email at :charuwat@she.com
Thank for your co-operation.
Mr.Charuwat Ruangsuwan


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