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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: "wang qin" <wang_qin2004@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 13:45:44 +0000
Subject: hello


Fax: +852-301-46168

Greetings,

This is a proposal in context but soliciting for your
unreserved assistance in carrying out an urgent transaction.

I am Wang Qin account officer of the hsb ltd. You have
not gotten this email in error; I had to search for your contact
myself on the internet, on behalf of my late client General Ibrahim
Moussa who was killed in a plane crash on a business trip october
2001 on his way to Novosibirsk Siberia from isreal.

He was a successfull businessman who made a numbered fixed deposit;
when the money was matured several notice was sent to him, even
during the war, with no response. We later found out that the General
and his family had died in a plane crash; kindly refer to the
following links:

http://edition.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/10/09/ukraine.plane/
http://www.guardian.co.uk/russia/article/0,2763,566382,00.html

After further investigations we noticed that the Gen did not declare
any 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 at my
office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please I employ you
to observe complete confidentiality and be assured that this transaction
will be most profitable for both of us. Kindly send your response
to: qwang195@excite.com

I will engage the services of an attorney who will prepare all the
necessary legal documents to back up our claim. It is important that
we observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.

I will provide you with more details as soon as I hear from you.

kind regards,

Wang Qin.





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