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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 Korn Chia <peterohn4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrkornchia@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 25 Dec 2018 00:55:13 +0100
Subject: WHY THE SILENT SINCE OVER THE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT .

Good news for you today.

Why have you choosing to Abandon your 11.5 million with the ICBC Bank
of Thailand ,Your Abandoned transaction is now Ready For Claim .

The payment of 11.5 Million USD has been approved to be transferred
into your bank account by the ICBC BANK OF THAILAND ,But you have only
two options to receive your fund such as Online Wire transfer/ Wire
transfer.

This payment is as a result of Inheritance Compensation Fund which is
due to you. In view of this development, you are directed to reconfirm
your name, address and phone number to me now so I can verify if you
are the real beneficiary of the fund to avoid any misrepresentation of
claims ok. Thanks and goodluck while expecting to hear from your asap
and if I do not hear from you soonest then it means that your claim is
fictitious and non-existed and would be treated accordingly ok.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message for more details.

Hope to hear from you soonest.

Yours faithfully,

Mr . Korn Chia

Chairman Foreign Debt/Contract Payment.

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