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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Kusawadi Tha." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <clearance@ymlotto.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:29:21 +0700
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR EMAIL HAS BEEN SELECTED AMONG FIVE LUCKY WINNERS!

KRUNGSIRI CASH COMPANY LIMITED
KRUNGSIRI CASH Inc.TH
Thailand Headquarters, #712/66 Ayuthaya, Road Bangkok, Thailand.
===============================================================
       Congratulations!!
Your email has been selected among the five lucky-winners of the KRUNGSIRI CASH Inc.TH Company Ltd, Kingdom Of Thailand, for $1,137,000.00 USD. (One million one hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars).
This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services, all the worldwide email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly selected from an internet resource database of registered software, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, Ymail and other domain users, and your EMAIL address appears on the Microsoft Machine as the winner of the 2015 KRUNGSIRI CASH yearly promotional Award Prize cheque of $1,137,000.00 USD. (One million one hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars)
In line with the rules of claims, simply reply and fill up the below and send to: clearance@ymlotto.com
*************************************************************************************
Full Name:------------------------------
Country:---------------------------------
Mobile Number:............. Nationality: ...................
Address:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Age:---------------- Sex:------------------------------
Occupation:-----------------------------
Marital Status:-------------------
*************************************************************************************
The Financial Manager of the KRUNGSIRI CASH Inc. Headquarters in Thailand, has already deposited the Award Prize Cheque of $1,137,000.00 USD (One million one hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars) our paying bank, and has also instructed them to send you a certified cheque or a visa ATM card, Make sure you provide your current Residence or office Address which they will use to send the parcel to you through any registered Courier Delivery services.
As soon as you received this Cheque, simply deposit it to any Bank in your country so that the Bank will pay you the cash sum of $1,137,000.00 USD (One million one hundred and thirty seven thousand dollars) immediately after the confirmation of the Cheque from the corresponding International Bank that issued it.
Please do update us as soon as the Bank in your country pays you the cash sum of $1,137,000.00 USD.
 
Kind Regards,
 
Mr. Kusawadi Tha.
E-mail: clearance@ymlotto.com



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