419 scam: "sothorn dara"<sothorndara123@gmail.com> GREETING

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- sothorndara570@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sothorn dara" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sothorndara570@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 14:41:14 +0700
Subject: GREETING

Dear/Greeting,

Do not despair at my sudden contact,there is a business
proposal that i want to initiate with you, and i demand that
you can handle this proposal with a serious mind, as it
requires utmost urgency and attention. I am Sothorn Dara ,
working in account department in one of the Prime Financial
Firm in Asia, and as a matter of fact i will like to draw
your attention to this beneficial matter.

In other words, Am Contacting you in a benevolent spirit;
utmost confidence and trust for unclaimed fund in our
Financial firm,having waited for too long without the
deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing and if nothing is
done,invariably,the funds will end up in the Government
purse and it is as a result of this that am propelled to
contact you to present you as the next of kin to claim the
fund and transfer to your account before the period given by
the Firm elapse.

I will like us to complete the project and transfer the fund
to your account,no risk. If you are interested,write back to
me quickly and I will send to you all the information you
may need to proceed and more so I am assu ring you of a 100%
risk free involvement and the fund will be shared 50% for you
and 50% for me once the fund is remitted to your
account,contact me for more details.pls reply in my personal email sothorndara570@gmail.com

Sincerely,

Sothorn Dara.

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