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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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Fraud email example:

From: "MR.PANYAN NUN BANGKOK-THAILAND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <panyannun_solicitor@inteligweb.com.br>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:54:15 +0700
Subject: FROM MR. PANYAN NUN BANGKOK-THAILAND

Dear
 
I am sorry for sending unsolicited mail to you, my name is Mr. Panyan Nun, I am the principal owner of Panyan&Nun Associate, I based in Bangkok Thailand,
 
Before you proceed reading my mail, please do go through this webpage:
http://www.tsunamis.com/tsunami-pictures.html for you to understand the reason why I am contacting you
 
First of all, I must let you know that I got your contact during my search for a relative of one of client who dead in the tsunami victim that happened 26th December, 2004. For the passed 5years now, I have been searching for his relatives without success and I decided to contact you since you bear the same surname with him for a mutual discussion over this issue.
 
My late client came to Thailand from Zimbabwe in 2002, he was among the rich white farmer in Zimbabwe that was spelled out of Zimbabwe by the ruling government of President Robert Mugabe in 2000/2001. For more clarification of this, please go through this site; http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html 
 
My late client has been visiting Thialand since 1990,  but after this terrible incident in zimbabwe, he came to Thailand to estabilish a company  for exportation of  farms machinery equipments to Australia, New Land, South Africa, e.t.c 
 
During the cost of establishing here for the exportation, he made of a deposit  of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only (US$5.5M) with the Agriculture Securities Fianace Company here in bangkok in 2004 Novermber.
 
In December 2004, he was among the victims of Tsunami, he died along with his only son, aged 10years
 
As his personal lawyer, I take care of all his legal matters and transaction, right now, I think I will not be alife and the agriculture finance company claim this fund, as a matter of fact, the fund has in curred some interest. I have writen several letters to the company  and they requested that the fund can only release upon presentation of his next of kin.
 
I hereby seek your assistance in presenting you as his next of kin since I am in position to provide all the necessary documents needed, The policy in the Kingdom of Thailand constitution on fiinancial matters stated under section (E) Article 201, quot: that anybody can be next of kin to anybody, as his personal attorney, I am in position to put all the legal evidence together and forward it to the court of law for approval.
 
Please if you are serious to assist me, all you need to do is to send to me your phone number and I will call you for  more explanation before any related document will be made avaliable to you.
 
I wait for your response.
 
Thank you
Mr. Panyan

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