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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: "PANYAN $ NUN ASSOCAITE BANGKOK THAILAND" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <asiasecuritiesfinance@inteligweb.com.br>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 20:24:12 +0700
Subject: FROM MR. PANYAN NUN

Dear
 
I am sorrry for sending unsilicited mail to you, Before you proceed reading my mail, pls do go through this webpage: http://www.tsunamis.com/tsunami-pictures.html  for you to understand the reason why I am contacting you.
 
 
 
My name is Mr. Panyan Nun, I am the principal owner of Panyan & Nun Associate, I based in Bangkok Thailand,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 have been living in bangkok for the past 22years from his date of death, he is a divorce, he is a businessman dealing in exportation of woods to Europe and far east. I have been working with him as old as he is in bangkok.
 
As his personal lawyer and business lawyer, I take care of all his legal matters, I was asked by the management of his bank to present his next of kin to them for the release of his fund. The total money involved is US$5.7Million Only.
 
 
 
 
I am contacting you now based on this fact and hereby seek your hand in this since I am the only authorized person to provide his next of kin to the bank for the release of the fund. All we need is a mutual understanding and maximum coperation to champion this transaction to success.
 
This business is completely irrelevent to your nature of business and also 100% risk free.
 
If this interest you, all you need to do is to send to me your full name,address and telephone and mobile number for easy communication, upon the receipt, I will also send to you a copy of my identity for more proper introduction of ourselves first in other to build more trust and confidence to each other before putting our hands in negociation of the modalities of what will be due for you and I before we proceed.
 
I am expecting to hear from you.
 
Thank you.
 
Mr. Panyan Nun

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