419 scam: "Mrs. Suwannee Chaovisith" <passwd@fasm.edu.br> You Alone My Dear...252

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "demurrage fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "the consignment" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- soniachaovisith@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <soniachaovisith@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:16:17 -0500
Subject: You Alone My Dear...252

Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs. Suchart Suwannee Chaovisith wife of the former Thailand Finance minister who died in 2009 due to a cancer problem. View link for details;

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/26113/suchart-69-dies-of-cancer

I am 60 years old and also suffering from a long time cancer of the breast,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can't work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors they have advised me that i may not live for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My Husband (Mr. Suchart Chaovisith) died to a cancer problem, Before his death we were true Christians.

During his tenure in Office, my late husband awarded a contract to a firm worth several millions of dollars a few years ago. In the course of executing the project the firm discovered large gold deposit in one of the construction sites.

Being the site director he collaborated with the firm in the mining of the gold on a mutual agreement to share the proceeds out of which he got a share of $21.7 Million US dollars. As a civil servant in our country, he could not circulate these funds in our banking system here in other not to raise an eye-brow and also considering his annual income as well as the code of conduct guidelines regulating civil service here in Kingdom of Thailand. He decided to deposit these funds with a security company in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with security company and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long with attract a demurrage fees as the security fees paid by me has expired or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated. So instead of getting it confiscated i rather have someone whom i can trust to receive the funds and utilize it according to my wishes. And the best part of it is, the security company told me in the letter that they can have the consignment funds delivered to my approved next of kin in his house if within Europe or transferred to his bank account and if outside Europe then transferred to his or her bank account.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in Bumrungrad International Hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for my sickness. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only 2 months to live. It is my last wish to see that this money is invested/donated to any organisation/ buisness of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,E.g the poor homes, the motherless babies home where i came from, the deaf homes, and churches etc .All i seek for is a God fearing person like you, who will carry out my last wishes and before i emailed you today i prayed and the holy spirit gave me the confidence to send you this email.

I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be up. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Security Company in Spain. All i need from you is a confidential assurance that the funds when received by you will be used for the said purpose, Nowadays there are so much scams going on in the internet and it is difficult to trust but i don’t know why the Holy spirit still approved me to email you about this out of few email addresses i have from the internet, yours was the only one that was approved for me to contact.

Waiting for your reply.
Mrs. Suwannee Chaovisith
Reply Me: soniachaovisith@aol.com

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