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

Fraud email example:

From: "phan ho" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <phanho@centrum.sk>
Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:06:17 +0300
Subject: From Phan Ho: Did you get my mail?

Dear Friend,

I'm a Cambodian married with two kids. I'm an accounts director with an Asian pacific regional bank in
bank in Cambodia.

I invite you to a South East Asia business connection that will benefit both of us. I was recently made
a director of this bank after leaving the National Bank and in the cause of cross checking accounts I
discovered that In April 2006, a Chinese multimillionaire and president of Henan-based Development
Company moved some cash through our clearing house system from Europe and few months later was
tried and sentenced to death in China. His account statues has ever remained unclaimed till date with
the sum of $22.5m.The fund arrived in South East Asia during the time he was been tried for murder in
China and he instructed that we should put a hold on the fund that was supposed to go to China pending
on the outcome of his trial. I was aware that nobody knows about this fund movement except his cousin
who was also sentenced to death with him.

Please see:
http://www.humanrights-china.org/zt/situation/200402006523141045.htm

I want to work with you to utilize this opportunity and move this fund out of my bank for our mutual benefits.
I will forward more about me and the details of this transaction if you can get back to me as soon as possible.
Please include a telephone number in your reply.

Sincerely
Phan Ho

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