419 scam: "Mr. Vichet Nuon,"<mr.vichetn@yahoo.com.ph> GOOD DAY,

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Vichet Nuon," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.vichetnuon@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2012 22:00:41 +0700
Subject: GOOD DAY,

Dear,

Please, kindly take your time to understand the content of this email. am Mr. Vichet Nuon is my name, I am the bank manager and also an account holder of a deceased customer of a bank in Asia.

I am contacting for a good proposal that will benefit both of us if you are interested and trustworthy, Please reply back and lets benefit from this golden opportunity.

You are my first contact, and I am contacting you because I need to do the deal with someone outside my country for security reasons, it's not the type of deal you let someone around you to be aware of. My bank do not even know that i am contacting you. I will explain better the process as a banker when I see your response, I shall wait for days and if I do not hear from you, I shall look for another person.

Regards

Mr. Vichet Nuon,

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