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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:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Tuol Slang" <zule031@live.rhul.ac.uk>
Reply-To: tuoslg@yandex.com
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2017 14:07:31 -0700
Subject: Get Back To Me


Hello,
=

I am Mr.Tuol Slang, the personal Account Manager to a deceased
customer of our bank with Foreign Trade Bank Branch Cambodia, a
national of your country who died in a car accident with his wife and
their two children along Cambodia Thailand Expressway on the 13th of
July 2008.
=

Since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my client's
extended relations in regards to claim the sum of US$26,586,200
Million in a Fix deposit account with our bank here in Cambodia but
all to no avail. After the death of my client, the Board of Directors
of my Bank adopted a resolution and mandated to see his next of kin
for the payment of this money or forfeit the money to the Bank as an
abandoned Estate. And this will happen after the expiration of a
period given for the next of kin to surface. It was while I was
searching for his family records that I came across your contact. I
have searched through almost all the genealogy-site that you can think
of and all the possible places I thought my clients would have
possibly had a family member but all to no avail.
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By virtue of my brief and my closeness to the deceased , I am very
much aware of my client's financial standing and the Bank account he
operates here in my country. I have reasoned very professionally and I
feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin of my
deceased client and the sole beneficiary of his estate, so that you
are be paid the funds left in his bank account, hence I contacted you,
I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the money.
The rest is between you and I and with my guide we can have the money
paid into your account, once this is done we shall both share the
funds. 50% to me and 50% to you.
=

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any Breach of law. For more
details contact me with your private telephone and fax numbers for
easy communication and oral discussion, so as to avoid any delay.
=

Regards,
=

Mr.Tuol Slang

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