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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. )
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • bunyasonthi@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Bunyasonthi@myway.com" <Bunyasonthi@myway.com> (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:33:54 +0700
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY ASSIST ME

From: Mrs Bunyaporn Sonthi Attn: My Good friend
Before I proceed, may I humbly introduce myself to your good self. My Name is Mrs. Bunyaporn Sonthi, I am from Thailand, Please as a matter of urgency sincerity and confidentiality, we, I and my son on behalf of my husband has this huge amount of money to transfer to your account before it is confiscated. Please you must understand, we are from the troubled southern [muslim] states of Thailand. So I will give you details as soon as you indicate interest to help us out of this problem. The reason for my husbands arrest and death in detention, I will tell you in my subsequent mail. Please I hope on you to see this money out as soon as possible. Prior to this last serious crisis that is still ravaging in the southern part of my country, which recently led to my husbands arrest and death in the prison, our lives are being threatened each day hence my husband instructed that we should take this step and leave this country before he died, when the money gets into your account. We will come over to your country to save our dear lives. The amount involved is US18 million. I will let you know how my husband got the money as soon as I hear from you. Before the death of my husband, he had taken my son SOMBUN to Malaysia to deposit the sum of US$ 18m (eightheen Million united states Dollars), in one of the private security company, as if he foresaw the looming danger in thailand. This money was deposited in a box as a family property to avoid much dumurrage from Security Company. This amount was meant for the purchase of new machines and chemicals for the farms. My husband was able to safe guard the fund with a very good diplomatic contact from my Country and deposited the fund with a security company in MALAYSIA. I have decided to contact you because I am interested in investing in your country which is investment friendly. Please kindly guide and assist me in making the right investment since I am also interested in buying a residential property as I will be moving my family over there as soon as every thing regarding technical and logictics details is worked out and ascertained to our respective satisfaction. In view of your assistance I am ready to give you a good negotiable percentage for your assistance, or better still commit it into viable Joint venture projects. I have two options for you, firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the money for nominating your account for this transaction. Or you can go into partnership with us for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country. Whichever option you choose, feel free to notify me I have also mapped out 5% of this money for all kinds of expenses incurred in the process of this transaction. If you do not prefer a partnership I am willing to give you 25% of the money while the remaining 70% will be for my investment in your country.
Be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the funds belongs to me and my husband but he has died in the prisons now and for fear of this money being confiscated by our government, he, my husband gave this instruction which I am taking now. As soon as I get your consent, we will quickly move this fund to your country for investment. However, upon your acceptance to work as my partner, you can contact me with my private email: Bunyasonthi@myway.com <mailto:Bunyasonthi@myway.com> for more details. I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this and other business ventures will derive a huge success here after, please include your private contact telephone number and private e-mail when replying. Yours Sincerely. Mrs.Bunyaporn Sonthi

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