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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: "MONGKOL SOPHAL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <monkolsophal@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 14:36:27 +0700
Subject: ATTENTION
Hello my friend,
I am Mr mongkol Sophal, personal adviser to the prime minister Kingdom of Cambodia on Petroleum Matters. I got your contact address from an associate working with the Cambodia Export Promotional Council;Can you handle US$27.3M contract investment fund of one MR LY YONG PHAT who was seriously ill now??
I am looking for your Co-Operation on this deal been that i am in charge of all contract payment in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the payment is due to be paid to mr ly youg phat who might die at anytime according to what the doctor said, So all i needed you to do is to open a similar email address bearing his name on gmail.com and let me know so i can give you the name of our paying bank to open an online account with them so that the money will be paid/ transferred to your account as a mistake, I am sorry if this not in line with your business. I need an experienced person like you to assist me so that people around me will not know that i engineer everything that happened.
Note that this fund was obviously secured in (SCM)Cambodia.
Please write back for possible business collaboration by sending direct phone number and your full address to enable us to discuss.
I await your prompt response.
I remain yours
Mr. Mongkol Sophal
Personal Adviser to Prime Minister on Petroleum/Finance.
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