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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.Choi Deukyoung"<choi-deukyoung01@outlook.com>
Reply-To: choideukyoung123@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2017 23:55:04 +0700
Subject: Needed a reliable partner urgently.


Hi,nice meeting you and am Barrister CHOI DEUKYOUNG,Attorney to my late cli=
ent,who bears the same surname and a nationality of your country also lived=
here in Cambodia but why i contacted you eight years ago my client had a c=
ar fatal accident with his family para-venture all lost their lives,now the=
bank where he deposited his money gave me mandate to provide his beneficia=
ry since nobody from the family have come for the fund and i want to presen=
t you as his next of kin to claim or inherit the money on our behalf,if you=
are interested just and for more details write me on (choideukyoung123@gma=
il.com) am waiting to hear from you soon,is urgent.thanks

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