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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: "Mrs Sunti R Wung" <suntiwung@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 18:04:54 +0700
Subject: RE: CONFIRMATION

Hello,

My name is Barrister Sunti Wung. I am a legal practitioner and CEO of Sunti Wung & Co., (http://suusunglawchambers.bloombiz.com) Thailand. My learned colleague Barr. Prasert Lien of Suwannapom Law Chambers www.slawchamber.com Thailand, directed me to source for a partner in this business direction hence, I saw your contact and profile and I decided that you could co-operate with him in this proposition.
He has a client who was deceased on 26 Dec 2004 Thailand Tsunami. I am contacting you because you have the same surname as his deceased client and I felt that you could help us in the distribution of fund that were left in his deceased client's safe deposit. This safe deposit is to be declared UN-serviceable by the Bank as there have been no indicated next of kin or next of beneficiary of the deposit.
The total amount of cash in the safe deposit of his deceased client is US$4.7 Million ( Say, Four Million, Seven Hundred Thousand US$ ), only. He confided this in him when he was alive. The Bank has issued to him a notification to contact the next of kin of his deceased client to either make claim as beneficiary of the safe deposit, or to re-activate the period of deposit with a monthly surcharge of 6% to be deducted as an Escrow safe keeping fee of the deposit. His proposition to you is to seek your consent, and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of his deceased client, since you have the same last name with him. This means that the proceeds of his safe deposit would be paid to you as his next of kin or the legitimate beneficiary.
He propose a sharing percentage of 60% to himself and 40% to your kind self. All the legal documents to back up your claim as his client's next-of-kin would be provided by him. The most important thing he would need is your honest cooperation to in this proposition.This would be done under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral and ethic values, do accept my sincere apology. Please contact me at once if you are interested by replying the mail through my email:-suntiwung@yahoo.co.uk
Expecting to hear from you soon.

Best regards,
Barr. Sunti Wung Esq.
(Sunti Wung & Co.,)


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