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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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From: "vatthana" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <brr.vatthanalam@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2014 16:31:57 +0700
Subject: Can I Trust You!

Barr.Vatthana LAM
Telex manager,Cambodia
Senior advisor,Global Law Group(GLG)
#126, Norodom Blvd, Sangkat Tonle Basak,
Khan Chamkamorn, Phnom Penh,
Kingdom of Cambodia.

Dear Esteemed Colleague:

I hope this email finds you in good health.

With due respect to your person and much sincerity of purpose, I make this contact with you as I believe that you can be of great assistance to me. I am Barr. Vatthana Lam from the Royal Kingdom of Cambodia. Presently I work with a Financial Institution in Cambodia as telex manager.

I am about to retire from active Bank service to start a new life but I am skeptical to reveal this particular transaction to anybody, You must assure me that everything will be handled confidentially, It has been 10 years now that most of the greedy Asia Politicians and other top CNPC directors used our bank to launder money overseas through the help of their Political advisers. Most of the funds which they transferred out of the shores of Asia were money that was supposed to use for development.

Their Political advisers always inflated the amounts before transfer to foreign accounts, so I also used the opportunity to divert part of the funds hence I am aware that there is no official trace of how much was transferred as all the accounts used for such transfers were being closed after transfer. I acted as the Bank Officer to most of the politicians and when I discovered that they were using me to succeed in their greedy act.

I also cleaned all banking records from the Bank files and no one cared to ask me because the money was too much for them to control. They laundered over $25billion Dollars during the process . I was able to divert Fifty Million Five hundred thousand US dollars ($50.5m) to an escrow dormant non beneficiary account in the bank. The bank is anxious now to know who the beneficiary to the funds because they have made a lot of profits with the funds.

It is more than Eight years now and most of the politicians are no longer using our bank to transfer funds overseas. The ($50.5m) has been laying dormant but I don't want to retire from the bank without transferring the funds to a foreign account to enable me share the proceeds with the receiver. The money will be shared 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk involve about the funds because I secured everything. I only want you to assist by providing a bank account where the funds can be transferred. You are not to face any difficulties or legal implications as I am going to handle the transfer personally.

If you are capable of receiving the funds, do let me know immediately to enable me give you details information on what to do For me, I have not stolen the money from anyone because the other people that took the whole money did not face any problems. This is my chance re-invest my own but you must keep the details of the funds secret to avoid any damage as no one in the bank knows about the funds, discrete is highly needed in this matter ,Please kindly get back to me as quickly as you can to proceed with the formal details of this transaction.

Tell me if I can trust you before I will tell you the next step to follow before this fund will be transferred to you within 7working days. Please get back to me if you are interested and capable to handle this project, I shall intimate you on what to do when I hear from your confirmation and acceptance as you declare your consent to me.

I am looking forward to hear from you immediately for further information

Yours Sincerely,
Barr. Vatthana Lam
Phone:+855963201054
Fax:+855963201054
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