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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.Nopparat Sujaritpinij <nopparat@indiatimes.com>
Reply-To: suj.nopparat@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2007 13:10:49 +0400
Subject: please read and get back to me


Beloved,

I am sorry for my unannounced communication with you especially through this =
common method but I promise to give you more reasons for this in due course.

I am Nopparat Sujaritpinij from Thailand (nopparat.sujaritpinij@worker.com). =
I worked with Terry Ford 51, a white farmer in Zimbabwe till his sudden death =
in March, 2002. My boss, Terry Ford was a rich commercial and successful =
farmer in Zimbabwe till the land reforms of Mugabe led government which =
exposed many white farmers to the brutality of the black "war veterans" who =
in one of their attacks shot and killed him.

In case you are not familiar with this incident, you can look it up in any =
international news media like; http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1878846.stm =
, http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2002/03/18/zimbabwe020318.html.

Well, I am contacting you in respect of a deposited fund which is to the tone =
of us$16 million which was meant for the purchase of farm tools and =
accessories. Since his death, I have thought of a way forward but with the =
continuous stay of the funds with bank, the government may trace it which =
means a total lost hence I arranged for the withdrawal.

I successfully withdrew the funds and re-deposited it with a private security =
company as a family treasure. As it is, I am well informed about farming and =
could do any other business as well but all I need now is a partner to help =
me in settling down this funds in any account(s) be it personal or company's =
account.

Please, is rest assured that it is between me and you and so shall I like it =
to remain. Again, the funds in question as it is has nothing whatsoever to do =
with Zimbabwe any longer as I urge you to feel free in dealing with me as no =
risk is involved.

In dealing with you, I am ready to compensate your efforts with 17% of the =
total funds while 3% will be to reimburse any form of expenses from your side =
otherwise, we can work on partnership in all investments.

I will wait to hear from you as I will be ever ready to supply you with every =
details of myself as well as that of the transaction.

Regards,

Nopparat Sujaritpinij
nopparat.sujaritpinij@worker.com




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