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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: Suchismita Sinha Ray <ssray@svc.ac.in>
Reply-To: clarkparkli@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 2014 21:33:15 -0800
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT


Hello,

This is Mr. Clark Li, I am the Learning and Development Manager to the Hang
Seng Bank in China. As a matter of fact, I am contacting you regarding the
estate of Alfred and an investment placed under our bank's management 5
years ago.
In 2005, the subject matter, came to our bank to engage in business
discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a
financial portfolio of 14.5 million United States dollars, which he wished
to have us invest on his behalf. Based on my advice, we spun the money
around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first
months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at
over 10 million United States Dollars. In mid 2007, he instructed that the
principal sum (14.5M) be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent
investment requiring cash payments in Hong Kong and China. We got in touch
with a specialist bank in Hong Kong, Fubon Bank who agreed to receive this
money for a fee and make cash available.
Fubon Bank Ltd. got in touch with us last year that this money has not been
claimed. On further enquiries we found out that Alfred was involved in an
accident in Mainland China, which means he died intestate. He has no next
of kin and the reason I am writing you is because due to our code of
conduct we are not allowed to show personal interest on funds of this
nature, hence I decided to contact you due to the fact that you are based
abroad.
More so, I got your email address through the commerce of trade foreign
division. What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file,
you will be made the beneficiary of these funds. My bank will contact you
informing you that money has been willed to you. On verification, which
will be the details I make available to my bank, my bank will instruct
Fubon Bank to make payments to you. You do not have to have known him. I
know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all
your troubles I propose that we split the money in half 50% each. In the
banking circle this happens every time. The other option is that the money
will revert back to the state. Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime
opportunity for us.
I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a Chinese National we see so much
cash and funds being-assigned daily. I would want us to keep communication
for now strictly by this my confidential email address (
clarkparkli@gmail.com). Once again, kindly note I am a family man, I have a
wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to
the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing
gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.
This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients.

Please get back to me immediately via my private email:
clarkparkli@gmail.com

I await your response.

Thank you in anticipation.

Park Li Clark

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