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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. X" <ellipsis@amisustest.co.uk>
Reply-To: nichgaroon.perapart@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 15:06:53 +0800
Subject: test

Nichgaroon Perapart
Foreign Transfer Dept.
ThanaChart BANK,
BANGKOK THAILAND

Dear Friend,

A late account holder in our bank, deposited the sum of Thirty two million, six hundred United States Dollar($32,600,000).


It's been a year the depositor died and our country asset succession law demanded we contact the next of kin for the claim of the fund.The late depositor have no next of kin and since you are from the same country, I am appealing to you to stand as the next of kin so the bank can release the money to you and we will share it 50/50.

If interested please get back to me for more details

Best regards,

Nichgaroon Perapart
Foreign Transfer Dept.
ThanaChart BANK,
BANGKOK THAILAND

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