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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: mry cheong <cheongj38@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mrycheong4000@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:05:47 +0000
Subject: FROM: MR Y CHEONG, I NEED YOUR REPLY TODAY





























From:Mr.Y. Cheong,
Allied Irish Bank(GB)
Leicester Office,United
Kingdom.
Email:mrycheong4000@yahoo.co.jp


Attention:Beneficiary,


I
am Mr. Y. Cheong and i work with Allied Irish Bank GB Leicester Office.I
feel
quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition
although,this
medium(Internet)has been greatly abused,I choose to reach
you through it
because it still remains the fastest,surest and most
secured medium of
communication.However,this Correspondence is unofficial
and private, and it
should be treated as such.I wish to inform you that
this letter is not a hoax
or Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the
seriousness it deserves. I
also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free
from all what you may think
of.I am Mr. Y. Cheong,Manager Allocation
Department(Allied Irish Bank
GB)Leicester Office.My office monitors and
controls the affairs of all banks
and financial institutions here in
United
Kingdom concerned with foreign claim payments.My office has the
final
signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge funds moving within
banks
both on the local and international levels in line with foreign
claim
settlement.

I have before me list of funds, which could not be
transferred to some
nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified
either as ghost
accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. Your
Name was
among the people expecting the funds to be transferred into their
account,
on this note; I wish to have a deal with you as regards to your
unpaid
funds and I have your file before me and hope your data s are correct
and
UN-tampered unless you reconfirm it not correct and As it is my duty
to
recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the British
Government
Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits,I have the
opportunity
to write you based on the instructions received two days ago from
the
Foreign Debts Reconciliation Dept to submit the List of
payment
reports/expenditures and audited reports of revenues.Among several
others,
I have decided to present you as the Next of Kin/Will Beneficiary to
an
overdue inheritance sum of ?9.7M belonging to our Late client our
deceased
client of Mrs


Following my idea that we can have a
deal/agreement and I am going to do
this legally with your name as the
bonafide beneficiary of the amount in
question by employing the service of a
uk accredited attorney, who will
handle all the legal documentations and lay
claims through his legal
authority on your behalf.Listen 50% of this money
will be for you,in
respect to the provision of a foreign account and 50%
would be for me as
have planned to come to your Country as soon as the
transfer is completed.

My Conditions:

1) The sum of ?9.7M only
will be transfer into your account after the
processing of all relevant legal
documents with your name as the bonfire
beneficiary,the transfer will be made
by telegraphic
Transfer(T/T),conformable in 7 working days.

2)This
deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be
strictly by
email/telephone, for security purposes.

3)There should be no third
parties as most problem associated with your
fund release are caused by your
agents or representative. If you Agree
with my conditions,i will advise you
on what to do immediately and the
transfer will commence without delay as I
will proceed to fix your name on
the Payment schedule instantly to meet the 7
working days mandate.

I hope you don't reject this offer and have this
fund transferred.

Waiting for your reply soon.
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr. Y. Cheong.
Email:mrycheong4000@yahoo.co.jp












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