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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Chanarong Sawatdiphol" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ChanarongSawatdiphol1@ovi.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 17:26:06 +0700
Subject: Hello Friend
Hello Friend,
My name is Chanarong Sawatdiphol,the son of Late Maj.Gen. Khattiya Sawatdiphol from Thailand. My Late Father was the leader of the Anti-government protesters (The Red Shirts)who was shot on the head on 13th May 2010 while he was granting an interview with the New York Times. You can read more on my late father's murder on this Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/14/world/asia/14thai.html
The government has seized all the multimillion dollar companies owned by my late father including his bank accounts except for some money he move out of the country. I write to seek your assistance in helping me get the fund and invest it in your country.
I will give you all the information concerning the fund when i hear from you and i promise to give you a good percentage from the fund as you help me,presently i ran to hide in united states of America as the Thailand government is after my life.
Waiting to hear from you.
Regards.
Chanarong
email: ChanarongSawatdiphol1@ovi.com
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