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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: "Yuttachai Teyarachakul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yteyarachakul@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 00:26:20 +0700
Subject: Offer.

Date:October 19, 2016
Dear Managing Director
 
My name is Yuttachai Teyarachakul, managing director of United Overseas Bank (Thai) Co., Ltd. I got your contact address from public records in my search for a distant relative of the deceased customer of our Bank, Mr. Alexander Tremblay, a Canadian citizen, who lived and died a natural death in Bangkok in the year 2011, it is unfortunate that Alexander died intestate leaving his bank account with an open beneficiary status.
 
All the efforts made by our bank to locate the deceased immediate family have been unsuccessful, hence I am writing to seek your consent to put forward a claim as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of the deceased account worth $2.8 Million USD would be released to you for our benefits.
 
If you agree with my proposal, you will be required to formally apply to our Bank as a relative of the deceased, and I shall work with you to provide to the bank all the backup legal documents in your name as the next of kin/executor of the fund, in order to authorize the bank to transfer the funds to your bank account.
 
If you are interested, please let me hear from you, then we'll agree on the terms of sharing the fund after which, I will give you all information relating to the deceased account and the application you need to submit to our bank.  Please treat this email as Private. I hope I can confide in you.
 
Look forward to hearing from you.
 
Sincerely,
Mr. Teyarachakul
Phone (66) 83 237 2058

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