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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. Josef Dovah" <chouvannak11@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2022 19:52:20 +0100
Subject: Let us work together as Partners

Good day to you.

I am Mr. Josef Dovah and a personal Accountant Director with Foreign
Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB). It is with a good spirit of heart that I
opened up this great opportunity to you. There is a deceased client of
mine who died as a result of a heart-related condition on march 2005.
He died due to the death of the members of his family in the tsunami
disaster on the 26 December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia where they all
lost their lives.

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1999 by the deceased. He
was a CEO/a textile company owner, business man, a miner at Kruger
mining company here in Cambodia. He was a geologist and consultant to
several other mining conglomerates operating in Cambodia, China,
Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam all in Asia. Before he
passed away on 12th march 2005 he had nobody as the next of kin to his
Bank account.

The amount in this account is currently €5.800,000 Euro (five
million,eight hundred thousand Euros). I want to present you as his
beneficiary/next of kin, I will use my position and influence in our
bank to make them release this money to you for us to share.

Let me know if you are interested in working with me by sending your
full name, telephone and fax number. As soon as I hear from you, I
will direct you on what to do next.

You can reply to this Email: josef.dovah1@hotmail.com

Best Regards,
Mr. Josef Dovah.

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