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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: "Anvanith Gui" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infogui4@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2019 20:08:30 +0700
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION +++

Dear Friend,


I am Mr Anvanith Gui and a personal Accountant Director with Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB).
it is with good spirit of heart and opened a great opportunity to you. A deceased client of mine. The heart of the family was born on December 26, 2004. Sumatra Indonesia where they lost all their lives.

There is a CEO / a textile company owner, business man, and miner in Kyrgyzstan in Cambodia. he was a geologist and consultant to several other conglomerates operating in Cambodia, China, Taiwan, Japan, In donesia, Pakistan, Vietnam all in Asia, before he passed away on 12th of March 2005 his death.

The amount in this account is $ 32,640,000.00 (Thirty Two million, Six Hundred and Fourty Thousand United States dollars). I want to use it in the bank as a beneficiary. to you for us to share.

Kindly get back to me for more details.


Yours sincerely
Mr Anvanith Gui
Board of Director
Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia
Phnom Penh.

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