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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Thai customs Storage vault" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thstoragedept@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 01:11:13 -0500
Subject: CLAIM YOUR $10.5 DOLLARS.

The Custom Department Of Thailand.
3rd.Floor,Chiangmai Airport Customs Bldg.,
Amphur Muang, Chiangmai 50000
Thailand.



Attn: Beneficiary.

Dear sir,

I am Mr.Sutthipon Deepralard, The newly appointed supervisor of The Thailand Customs Department storage vault in Chiangmai International Airport. Some time ago, two truck boxes containing large amount of US Dollar bills with your email contact information attached to the boxes was seized from a diplomat for lack of proper documentation in transportation of huge amount of United States dollar Bills from one country to another. Though one of the trunk boxes was later released and evacuated but the remaining trunk box that contains the sum of US$10.5 Million, Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still in our security vault with the bank of Ayudhaya Thailand.

The truck box has been in our custody for so long without claims, and rules and regulations of The Thailand Customs Department stipulates that any seized monetary items that remained unclaimed for more than two years must be sent to Thailand's treasury department for further investigations and final confiscations.

I write to notify you of our intent to hand over the funds to the Thailand's Treasury Department office. I have tried several times to contact you without success, and this will be my final attempt to reach you, so if i don't hear from you within 48 hours, I would have no other choice than to turn the funds to the treasury department of Thailand.

You are urgently required to get back to me through the following email address: thstoragedept@gmail.com, as to enable me stop all confiscation arrangements and return the funds back to you.

I await to hear from you ASAP.

Best Regards.
Mr.Sutthipon Deepralard.
The Thailand customs Department.
Chiangmai.Thailand.
Email: thstoragedept@gmail.com

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