419 scam: "thitimasai03@libero.it" <thitimasai03@libero.it> =?UTF-8?Q?Urgent_attention_issues=E2=80=8F

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- thitimathai@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "thitimasai03@libero.it" <thitimasai03@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 07:37:07 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Urgent_attention_issues=E2=80=8F_?=

Greetings to you,

I believe you are a highly placed person considering the fact that I got your
email from a human resource database of your country. I request you treat what
I am about telling you with seriousness and confidentiality. Well, I am Miss.
Thitima from Thailand, a banker. I was the account officer to a late customer
who was an exporter of rice from Thailand. On the 21st of July 2008, he died in
his sleep as a result of heart related illness. Before his death, I helped him
deposit the sum of 12.3 million US Dollars as fixed deposit with our bank. The
said deposit has long matured and no one has not shown up for the claim. All
efforts made to reach any of his relatives have proved unsuccessful and the
money deposited will soon be lost to the government if the claim is not made
immediately.

All I require now is your honest cooperation to enable me present you as the
beneficiary of his deposit in order to claim the money with our bank. It does
not matter if you knew him or not or whether he is related to you or not, you
can successfully make the claim as long as you are not here in Thailand.
Everything will be made easy by me once you are ready to co-operate with me.
The fund shall be shared into two equal parts between the both of us when the
claim is made. I guarantee that this will be done under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both here and in
your country. If you can help, write back for me to give you more details.

Thank you.
Miss. Thitima
PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL: thitimathai@gmail.com

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