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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: Michael Carlson <carlsonmyk@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 17 May 2010 14:20:56 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My dear friend



My dear friend,

I am writing you in respect of Mr. Chien Chi-min, the then Head of the Department of Economic Research of the government of Taiwan, who died in the Taiwanese plane crash of February 16, 1998. Please view this link for more details, if you will: www.cnn.com/WORLD/9802/16/taiwan.crash.update2/


Precisely in November 1997, the late Mr. Chien Chi-min, in his capacity as the Head of Department of Economic Research of the Taiwanese government visited United Kingdom, where he made substantial cash deposits in a commercial bank here in London, ostensibly for investment purposes. He was indeed acting for himself and other individuals in top hierarchy of the Taiwanese government then and they were targeting investments in solid minerals, in South Africa, namely:- gold, platinum, diamond and crude oil specifically from Angola, using Johannesburg as their hub. Before his tragic death in the Taiwanese plane crash of February 16, 1998, he had swollen the said account in the U.K commercial bank by several millions of dollars through subsequent wire transfers into the account.

Incidentally, their planned investments in Southern Africa and Angola, never took off before his tragic death. Today the millions of dollars he amassed in the said UK commercial bank account have been idle and dormant in the last ten years after his death, except for the periodic accruable compound interests that the bank has continued to credit to the account. In the last 10 years neither his family nor his other prospective partners from Taiwan have asked for, or made any enquiry whatsoever regarding this money from the bank where this account is domiciled. I can authoritatively tell you that they will never ever do so and I know why they won't.

In the circumstance, what do you think is the fate of those sitting millions of dollars? Why am I telling you about this anyway and what business of mine, or yours should that be ordinarily? Well, I am writing you, because I am a British Citizen and have been working in this same bank where the late Mr. Chien Chi-min kept this money for 12 years now - 1996 to date and I have risen through the ranks over those years to the top hierarchy of the bank now. I was privy to late Mr. Chien Chi-min's bank account here from 1997, and have since monitored, watched and carried out in-depth secret enquiries and private investigations on the funds therein for the last 10 years and now I have my facts on it 100%.

Today, that account has well over Sixteen Million Dollars ($16M) in it and continues to attract interests, which are periodically credited into it and compounded for subsequent interests computations. That means that it will continue to grow.

I have a foolproof, watertight and legitimate plan that will make you and I the sole, authentic beneficiaries of this money in lieu the real owners and it will be legitimate, legal and will not breach any laws anywhere on earth.

However, I need a collaborator who is domiciled outside Britain (UK) to be able to do this successfully, hence my contacting herewith. If you will be interested in partnering with me in this project for a fee of at least Seven Million US dollars ($7.0M) to you upon successful conclusion, pls write me back quickly indicating your interest and readiness.

If you feel offended by this proposed project, or are not interested in it, accept my apologies and pls don't bother to reply at all. My assurances are that this project can never fail and involves no risk now, or ever. Contact me only if you are interested. at : carlsonmyk1@gmail.com

Mr. Michael Carlson

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