419 scam: "Mr.Tanapat Ounipat"<tanapato@yahoo.com> Dear Friend

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Tanapat Ounipat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tanapat_o@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2014 12:06:00 -0800
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend,

I'm Director remittance department with my bank and i have this business opportunity to share with you and to re-transfer a luggage box to your country as

the NEXT OF KIN to our deceased customer who is the same nationality with you, our bank can't locate any of the deceased family or relative so i want use

your name as (NEXT OF KIN) as the deceased relative to claim this luggage box from our bank with value of US$5.5 Million to transfer to your your bank

account for our investment. This fund belong to our deceased customer who died with his entire family, leaving nobody for the claim and as such,

I decided to contact you as to enable us claim the fund. Your share is 40% while 60% for me. This transaction is 100% risky free.

I look forward to hear from you.

Thanks,

Mr.Tanapat Ounipat

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