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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: MOK WUNG <info@gmf.org>
Reply-To: <mokwung@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2014 06:26:49 +0900
Subject: GOOD DAY.

Block 634 Bukit Batok Central
#01-104/106
Singapore 65063425.
Email: mok.wung@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,


I am Mr. Mok Wung. The Credit officer of the Foreign Operations departmentof the United Overseas Bank(UOB) Bukit Batok Central Branch, Singapore.I have a obscured business proposal for you. If you followed the news In 2012, Defense Minister Dawoud Rajha was killed when a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in the Syrian capital. Before his demise, UOB Singapore was one of the banks he had transactions with. He had a total of Sixty-four million dollars($64,000,000) in our bank and after calculating the first annual quarter interest, it has amounted to a total of sixty-four million, eight hundred and ninety-three thousand dollars ($64,893,000). I have a proposal that could make this money ours. Contact me if interested.


This is the news concerning the Syrian Minister -http://news.yahoo.com/syrian-defense-minister-killed-suicide-blast-103306510.html


Yours sincerely,


Mok Wung.

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