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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: "Dr. Soeung Morarith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <soeung.morarith@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 08:29:29 -0700
Subject: Re:Request

Greetings,
 
I am Dr. Soeung Morarith worked with Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB), now with  Executive
 
Council of the Association of Banks in Cambodia. I have an interesting business proposal for
 
you that will be of immense benefit to both of us. I need your assistance to secure an
 
inheritance fund that belong to a deceased client of mine who bear the same name with you. He
 
left sum amount of money with our Bank for some years now and no next of kin has come forward
 
all this years for claim.
 
Please get back to me as soon as possible for more details if you are interested in my
 
proposal.
 
I am in good faith and with trust waiting for your Urgent respond and maximum cooperation for
 
more details.(soeung.morarith@yahoo.com)
 
Dr. Soeung Morarith
 

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