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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: phanyin@hotmail.com
Reply-To: Phantongyin@qq.com
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2014 22:04:12 +0700
Subject: Hello?

Hello?

I am Mr.Phan Yin Tong, and a personal Accountant working with one of the bank Phnom Penh (Cambodia Office). It is with good spirit of heart I
opened up this great opportunity to you. A deceased client of mine that
shares almost the same name as yours died as a result of heart-related
condition on March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of
all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December
2004 in Sumatra Indonesia where they all lost their lives. More
infohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami)

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1999 by a long-time client
of our bank, a national of your country. He was a CEO/Engineer and
business man here in Royal Kingdom of Cambodia, before he passed away on
the March 12th 2005, leaving nobody as the next of kin of his account
after his death.

The amount in this account is currently (15m). I want to present you as the beneficiary of the deceased. I will use my position and influence in our bank to make sure they release this money to you for us to share. If I wait for days and if I do not hear from you, I shall look for another person. Kindly get back to me for more details.

Mr. Phan Yin Tong
Banking Executive
Phnom Penh Bank

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