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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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Fraud email example:

From: Kyung Min Oh <jroslynwood@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ohkyung433@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 00:24:48 -0800
Subject: Re: GOOD NEWS FOR YOU FROM BANGKOK.

Good Day To You,

I got your contact from a yahoo tourist search while I was searching
for a reliable foreign partner.

I am Ms. Kyung Min Oh, a Senior Executive Internal Auditor with Bank
of Ayudhya, Thailand. I have an obscured business suggestion for you.
In the year 2008, one
of our clients by name Mr. David Mutombo, a South African who happened
to be a contractor with the South African Government and was also into
Mining and Sales of precious stones, made a time investment of
US$10.7M as Secured Growth funds for 12 calendar months with our Bank.

This investment has matured and has been lying in our Bank reserve for
the past thirteen years, and under the Thai Banking Laws, any time
Investment unclaimed after thirteen years will be turned over to the
Thai Government.

Upon maturity of the investment, and as Mr. David Mutombo's Personal
Advisor, several notices were sent to him and no response came from
him. Early this year, it was later discovered that Mr. David Mutombo
and his family were killed in a plane crash that happened in Libya in
year 2010. After further investigation it was also discovered that
their is no next of kin in his official papers including the paper
work of his Bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he
was in my Office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my Bank.
Here is a link of the plane crash for your view:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html

Against this backdrop, I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the
next of kin to Late Mr. David Mutombo so that you will be able to
receive this funds. We will use the services of an Attorney who will
prepare the necessary documents that will back you up as the next of
kin to Late Mr. David Mutombo and also the rightful beneficiary to the
funds, The Attorney
will also ensure that all documents are legally and professionally obtained.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion and confidentiality in
all matters concerning this issue. I await your response, in order to
provide you with more details on how this transaction would be carried
out legally and successfully.

Sincerely,
Ms. Kyung Min Oh.

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