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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 Boomsong Prachat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <boomsongprachat@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 27 May 2018 00:26:09 +0200
Subject: Hello Friend

From The Desk of Mr Boomsong Prachat
Senior Manager, Scotiabank Thailand
Ground Floor, Phloen Chit Tower
898 Phloenchit Road
Bangkok, 10330
Thailand



Hello Friend,



I got your e-mail address contact through your country's Information Exchange On line while browsing and after that, I decided to contact you to ask for your assistance in this urgent matter that requires trust, confidentiality because you might receive this message in your Inbox, Junk/Spam folder.


My name is Mr. Boomsong Prachat, Senior Manager of Scotiabank Thailand. I am 55 years old man, married with three children. I have a very urgent, confidential and profitable business for both of us Valued at (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) only.



This fund is an excess of what my branch in which I am the senior manager made as profit last year. I have already submitted an approved End of the Year 2017 report to my Head Office and they will never know of this Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) on a SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without a beneficiary.


As a senior Manager of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money as the beneficiary of the fund. If we could do this together, we shall share these fund 50/50 between us accordingly and this transaction is 100% risk free, as no-risk involved in this and this is going to be a direct transaction.



All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If interested, please write back for more information, while I shall explain more in details as soon as I got a response from you if you are interested.

you can reply me on my email: {boomsongprachat@outlook.com}


Thanks for your kind understanding, awaiting your response!

Best Regards,

Mr Boomsong Prachat

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