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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: thailand lottry <thailand2lottry@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 20:15:54 +0700
Subject: CONGRATS YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON NATIONAL LOTTERY

*THAILAND NATIONAL LOTTERY,*













* We noticed that some prizes remain unclaimed and your email ID appears to
be among the lucky winners who have not filed for the claim of their award
prize. Your email ID won during the Mega Millions Thailand International
Lottery, Mega millions, Monthly Play, Thunder ball, Hot picks which is an
internet giveaway program whereby email addresses are extracted from the
internet, and the winners selected from a ballot draw. Note, that tickets
are not sold anywhere for this program; hence, your e-mail address
subsequently won you in the 3rd category, i.e. match five plus bonus. You
have been approved for over two months to claim a total sum of One Million
United States Dollars, credited to file Number: THAINETORG00-69803.
However, your Lottery Fund of $1 million US Dollars has been credited into
an ATM CARD which you are entitled to withdrawing $3000 USD each day from
the ATM CARD in any ATM Machine of your choice in your country or anywhere
in the World. Contact Thailand Internet Lottery Co-ordinator for your
claim: Mr,Lian Hua Somsri *

*International claims agent. *

*Email: infoinfosc7@gmail.com *


*Provide Him with the information below: *









*(1) REF NO: THAINETORG00-69803 (2) Lucky Number: 4864116 (3)Name:
(4)Address: (5)Age: (6)Phone: (7)Country: Sincerely yours, *

*Mrs.Elizabeth Lyons *
*Mega Millions National Lottery Thailand, *

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