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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: =?utf-8?q?Steven=20Lee?= <stevnlee0072@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: stevlee34@msn.com
Date: Sun, 2 Apr 2006 08:03:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM


Tôi có thư mới!Bây giờ bạn có thể gửi thư điện tử cho tôi tại: stevnlee0072@yahoo.com.vn

FROM THE DESK OF STEVEN LEE

PRIVATE EMAIL:stevlee1@msn.com


URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM

GOOD DAY,

I KNOW THIS PROPOSAL WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE

EXPECIALLY WHEN YOU DO NOT KNOW THE WRITER, CONDSIDERING

THE HUGE SUM OF MONEY INVOLVED WHICH COULD MAKE ANY

APPREHENSIVE. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU,

I AM STEVEN LEE, THE HEAD OF ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT OF MY

BANK,

WHERE AM PRESENTLY WORKING.

I SAW YOUR CONTACT DURING MY PRIVATE SEARCH AT THE

INFORMATION CENTRE HERE IN MY COUNTRY CHAMBER OF COMMENCE

AND

INDUSTRY AND I WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VERY

HONEST, COMMITTED AND CAPABLE OF ASSISTING IN THIS

BUSINESS VENTURE.

FIRSTLY, LET ME EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF THIS FUNDS AND WHAT

YOU ARE EXPECTED TO DO. A FORIGNER LATE MOHAMED KAMAL

YASSER, OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR

, UNTIL HIS DEATH, OVER THE PAST YEARS AGO, WAS

A VICTIM OF AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE FLIGHT 990 PLANE CRASH.

HERE IS DETAILS ABOUT THE PLANE CRASH.

(www.cnn.com/us/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.h tml)

THE DECEASED, MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER, BANKED WITH US AND HAS

A CLOSING BALANCE AS A JULY 2000 WORTH $45M (FOURTY FIVE

MILLION USD). WHICH MY BANK, NOW EXPECTES A NEXT-OF-KIN TO

CLAIM AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, EFFORTS

HAS BEEN MADE BY MY BANK DIRECTORS TO

GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MR MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER\\\\\\\'S

FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT TO NO SUCCESS BASED ON THE

PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE

MOHAMED KAMAL\\\\\\\'S NEXT-OF-KIN, THE MANAGEMENT UNDER

THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

ARE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED

UNCLAIMED AND CHANNELED TO AN UNKNOWN ACCOUNT.

IT IS BASED ON THIS THAT WE HAVE CONTACTED YOU TO STAND AS

THE NEXT-OF-KIN OF LATE MOHAMED KAMAL YASSER SO THAT THE

FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE

BENEFICIARY AND THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE DECEASED.

ALL DOCUMENTS, AND PROOF TO ENABLE YOU GET THE FUNDS HAVE

BEEN CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AS WE HAVE SECURED FROM THE

DIFFERENT OFFICES CONCERNED FOR THE SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE

FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED ACCOUNT.IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT THE

OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT WILL BE COMPENSATED WITH 30% OF THE

REMITTED FUNDS, WHILE WE KEEP 65% AND 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE

TO OFFSET EXPENSES BOTH LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONAL.

IF THIS PROPOSAL SATISFIES YOU, PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH MY

DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS FOR MORE INFORMATION AND ALSO SEND ME

YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER INCLUDING YOUR CELL

PHONE NUMBER FOR QUICK AND EASY COMMUNICATION.

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE, ALL THE BEST AND GOD BLESS

YOU. PLEASE EMAIL ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS FOR

SECURITY REASON

ADRESS:stevlee1@msn.com


YOURS FAITHFULLY,

STEVEN LEE.

- Steven Lee


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