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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: "Mrs.Malee Devakula" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <malee.devakula@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2016 09:24:13 +0700
Subject: Hello Dear, Can We Work Together?

Hello Dear,

First of all i want you to know that what i am telling you now is the situation facing me presently. Mrs.Malee Devakula,the wife of the former assistant Governor Bank of Thailand under Thaksin Shinawatra, the tycoon and founder of a political movement who was ousted in military coup and Impeached, that led to the overthrow of the Thai Rak Thai Party. My husband is serving a long time jail sentence due to huge monies his colleagues in government embezzled during his time in office.

Thai Government has sealed our property and stop me to engage in any money transfer out of the country till further notice and also want to freeze my hard earn money which i have labored for so many years because of my husband political predicament. I am under heavy surveillance by Thai Government presently.

The reason why I'm contacting you is to help me act on my behalf move and secure my money from the Bank of China where I have deposited all the monies to your bank account in your country for Property investment project and resort if posible, to avoid Thai government finding my money because they are about to investigate my USD bank account which they have no information about yet, I'm an innocent woman that have never hurt anybody. The total sum of amount in US dollars is $21,750,000.00 (Twenty One Million,Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars). Please kindly render me your assistance and let me know what commission you will be interested in for your kindly service,this is very important to me and the rest of my family.

It is my wish to give my beautiful daughter a good and sound education and also to secure her future.I don't want Thai government to ruin our lives because of my husband's political predicament that has taken him to a very long jail sentence. My lawyer is working tirelessly to make sure we stay under the rader as the Thai government is really closing in on my money and the rest of my assets.

If my mail is against your moral ethics,please try and understand my present predicament with the purest of your heart as a woman with a daughter and families to fend for and should you be interested in assisting me on this project,please kindly contact me and I will furnish you with full details of my funds.Please also note that I am contacting you independently and this is absolutely confidential.Sometimes in life we are faced with challenges and regardless one must move forward. I also want to re-assure you that this money is legally mine and not for politicians or illegal sources, I can assure you that with utmost honesty.

I look forward to your kindest consideration, I will appreciate your timely response.

Yours Sincerely.
Mrs.Malee Devakula

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