419 scam: "Mr.Chem Vuth,"<mr.chemv@yahoo.com> I WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Chem Vuth," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.chemvuth@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Nov 2013 17:39:43 +0700
Subject: I WAIT FOR YOUR REPLY

Dear

how are you today,I got your contact during my search for a reliable trust worthy person to introduce this transfer project to. I am a Supervisor of BANK in Asia,My late client Mr.Chem Vuth a contractor with one of the biggest oil servicing company in Asia.

Who died in a car accident with his family on 19th November 2008 with He has the same surname with you And He deposited fund with the BANK in Asia and they have asked

me to provide a next of kin.so I would like you to stand as the next of kin to claim the fund into your account for investment in your country,I am contacting you for a good proposal that will benefit both of us if you are interested and trustworthy, please reply back and let's benefit from this golden opportunity. I will explain more better when I see your response.

please feel free and contact me and i will explain more and how we will proceed, please keep this information with you only.

Yours, Sincerely

Mr.Chem Vuth,

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