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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: Lay Hout <layhout@ovi.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 04:14:01 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: urgent reply needed




 
Dear Sir/Madam,

Good Day.

With due respect, please do understand my plight and why I contacted you, don’t be upset with this after the full details you will understand why is quite imperative to work with me in this venture of immense benefit.

My Name is Lay Hout, A Cambodian. I am the Chief Risk Officer; I'm also trained and work as an auditor for the Affin Bank in south East Asia The royal Kingdom of Cambodia, working as part of a bigger team that covers the entire region. I had taken pain to find your contact using the deceased last name.

On routine audit check last year, I discovered some investment accounts that have been dormant for at least Fifteen years. All the accounts belong to a single/one account holder with monies totalling Nineteen Million and Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US19,200,000,00).

Now banking regulation/legislation in Cambodia demands that I do notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time span of Fifteen years when dormant accounts of this type are called in by the Cambodian Monetary Regulatory bodies.

The above set of facts underscores my reason of writing and proposing to you. My investigation of the said account reveals that the investor died in 1997 which was the exact time the account was last operated. I can confirm with certainty that the said investor died inter-state and no next of kin to his estate has been found or has come forward all these years.

I am of the settled conviction that using my insider leverage, working with you can secure the funds in the account for us instead of allowing it pass as unclaimed funds into the coffers of the Government.

This is especially possible as you share the same last Name and country or origin with the said investor, this exactly is why I crave your participation and co-operation. I am seized with all relevant documents (legal and Banking) that will facilitate our putting you forward as the claimant/beneficiary of the funds and ultimately transfer the money to an account to be nominated by you.

You shall be handsomely rewarded for your part in this transaction as the people I am working with are prepared to allocate a 35 percent of the total funds for your efforts subject to negotiation.

I shall leave out the further details of this transaction till I receive an affirmation of your desire to participate. Is rest assured that I am on top of this situation all the time and there will be a no problem whatsoever if you elect to come on board, if we are to successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction.

Awaiting your urgent respond to my private email: houtkeylay@yahoo.com

Best & Regards,
Lay Hout
Email: houtkeylay@yahoo.com

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