419 scam: "Ros Sothea"<rosyasothea@mynet.com> My ref. ROSKH/084PH Read Thanks.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- rothnanglawfirm@yahoo.com.vn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ros Sothea" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rothananglawfirm@yahoo.com.vn>
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 12:25:29 +0700
Subject: My ref. ROSKH/084PH Read Thanks.

Hello,

Please I want to entrust a charitable project to you to handle on my behalf. My name is Mrs. Ros Sothea CEO, Khmer CityLink Kitchen Food in Cambodia. I am a dying woman of 58 years old and was diagnosed of Cancer 18months Ago, due to my illness I will be undergoing another surgery operation in due time which I pray to survive it. I ask God to have mercy and forgive me all my sins because is a merciful God. I have been touched to do a charitable works but due to my health, I will not be able to carry out the work so I am entrusting the WILL donate worth $15,280,000.00USD to you for the charitable project to create shelter for widowers, less privilege and poor people in your community. I have earlier informed my lawyer about my decision willing money to you for charitable purpose.

If you are Interested sincerely, kindly contact my lawyer Barrister. Rothanak Nang Email Address: rothnanglawfirm@yahoo.com.vn and his cell phone +85599227815. Ensure that you state my reference no. ROSKH/084PH to my lawyer, so that he can arrange with my bank manager for the fund to be release in my fix deposit account with them to you.

Thanks for your understanding. Be blessed.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Ros Sothea
Khmer CityLink Kitchen Food Ltd.

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