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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- 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.
- narithchangmic@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: HOU PHAN <bg2010php@att.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2011 15:04:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Happy 2011
Dear Sir/Ma,
Am Narith Changmic from Cambodia. I will be 28 years old in January 2011 I used to be in Singapore for 10 years,
I relocated to Cambodia my mother Tongue in 2009 with my family. I was born into a comfortable life but it wasn’t like that all through. At
a certain point things changed on 22 November 2010 , things got a bit worse after i lost Dad and mum to the water festival water stamped, a
bit shaky. my dad was a Contractor and my mum too.
But I just had to cope.
I am the first and only Daughter, but somehow I just had to be strong for all of these.
I was made to understand by the bank that my dad left a whooping sum of 7.5 million usd in an escrow account which i now look for a foreign
investor who can put claim to this fund and to reinvest the fund in his or her country for safety reasons.
Those trying times affected the kind of person I am today in many ways.
It helped sharpen me I learn certain things about life.
I learn that success is not success because of what you have or where you are right now but it’s first a mindset.
I learn that I could be anything I want not forgetting to appreciate what I have now and make good use of it.
That period of difficulty also taught me that no matter how dark the day or how long the road is I should have hope that things will get
better.
if you are interested on this project please reply me to narithchangmic@yahoo.com and we will discuss the possibilities terms and conditions
before anything.
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