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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: "United Nation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <www.b.a.n.k.asia.cab@w.cn>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 01:56:55 +0700
Subject: Honorable Beneficiary,

Office of the Senate House
Federal Republic of Cambodia.
Committee on Foreign Payment.
(Resolution panel on Foreign Payment)
Kingdom Of Cambodia.


Attn: Honorable Beneficiary,

This is to officially bring to your notice that The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out with your favor.$2.5MILLION as payment for this Fiscal year 2011 this instructions is from the custody of the United Nation representative office in Kingdom Of Cambodia and the payment has been approved by World Bank.

We hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-STTBEE2) so You have to indicate this code when contacting the card remittance Center with your contact details,You are hereby authorize to contact the paying office with the information below as soon as you receive this email for immediate release of your payment to you so that you can be the first beneficiary to receive its fund since the paying office have alots of beneficiary to pay,

Full Name:
Address:
Telephone No:
Age:
Occupation:
Country:
Identity Card if any.

However outline below is the paying bank in Kingdom Of Cambodia contact information contact them now for the immediate release of your payment to you since it has been approved by United Nations and World Bank meanwhile do not be taken unaware that all the necessary document backing the fund up has been forwarded to the custody of the paying bank in Kingdom Of Cambodia.

Contact Asia Bank Cambodia.
Name:Mr,Thomas White.
TEL:+855-975-886-063.
TET:+855-975-886-064.
email:www.b.a.n.k.asia.cab@w.cn

Do let us know immediately you have contacted Asia Bank Cambodia for your immediate payment please do not forget your payment code it is very important.

Congratulations.
Thank you.
Mrs Vip Jimmy,
Signed By Rev Solomon Kirby Secretary United Nation Office.

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