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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: Thongchai <tadulyadej@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 18:49:45 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME

Hello Greetings to you My Dear, My name is ThongChai 22 years old male, I am an orphan being that I have lost my parents, and I am the only child, please permit and accept my apology for sending to you this sensitive message via internet instead of a Certified post-mail, please it is due to some circumstances beyond my control, I hope you will understand and bear with me, However it is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will. My late father was an international business man administrator performing countries of cocoa exporters Board of Directors until his death and he died during the recent political crisis in my country as a result of struggling to get most of his asset moved abroad, The reason why I am contacting you is that I needed your urgent assistance in respect of my inheritance claim due that I can`t handle it myself. Before the death of my father, he had a foreign account worth US$ 11.600,000.00 he deposited the fund in a fixed suspense account in a bank here in Asia for the purpose of importation of cocoa processing machinery from China to Africa/Europe The fund was deposited in a bank with the name of my late father as the depositor while my name stands as the next of kin to the deposit, I just want you to stand as my foreign partner / investment manager so that the bank will release the fund on your care then you will assist me to invest the fund in a profitable ventures, although my wish is to invest in REAL ESTATE BUSINESS and AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS. I was searching for a capable and reliable person who will help me to achieve these goals but after going through your esteem profile then, I was convinced and decided to contact you as the right person for my assistance with believe that you will never disappoint me in any way. My wish is to invest the fund in your country for safety purposes due to my present situation now, because we do not have fair investment opportunities in our own country due to frequent political crisis. I am willing to offer you 10% of the investment for your assistance. All I needed from you is to be completely honest and faithful to me and come up with your maximum co-operation so that we can work together as business partners. Please be informed that this project is operating very legal and it is 100% risk free the fund is legally acquired and must be invested in legitimate ventures all the legal documents confirming the source and origin of the fund are intact with me Kindly get back to me urgently for more details. As soon as I hear from you, I will give you the full details about this project and every other needed information about myself. Including my passports copy and other identification documents and pictures for proper identifications. I am eagerly waiting to hear from you so that I will give you the full details to enable us proceed at once. Remain Blessed, Faithfully Yours ThongChai Chaiyatham.

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