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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: tiany@list.ru
Reply-To: mr.jun.liu@zoho.com
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2016 11:33:14 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY !!!


>From the Desk of Jun Liu. Please treat this with the utmost confidentiality=
and if you do not have interest I apologize for my intrusion on your time =
as I beg you to forget you ever received a letter like this. My name is Jun=
Liu; I am a senior staff with Wing Lung Bank 112 Queen's Road, Central, Ma=
in Branch, Hong Kong. I have a matter of utmost importance and confidential=
ity that I will like to discuss with you. I hope you will not be offended a=
s it will be of mutual benefit to us. I am contacting you concerning an inv=
estment that was placed under our bank's management for a period of 18 mont=
hs in 2012. A client of my bank by the name Mr. Richard Gelb made a Fixed D=
eposit for this period in my branch. If you are familiar with private banki=
ng affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but =
also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. Upon maturity, =
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. A=
fter some months, we sent a reminder only to be informed of his death. On f=
urther investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and a=
ll attempts to trace his next of kin have been fruitless as Mr. Richard Gel=
b did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, inclu=
ding his Bank Deposit for paper work in my Bank. If you are interested then=
a bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then be=
used to facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary / =
next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share. We s=
hare equally (45% each) while the balance 10% to cover all other expenses l=
ike taxes, lawyer=92s fees etc. There is no risk at all as all the paperwor=
k for this Transaction will be done by an attorney and my position as a top=
official guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you f=
ind yourself able to work with me, contact me through my email below as acc=
ording to the banking laws of Hong Kong, if nobody comes forward to claim t=
he funds after Five (5) Years, the money will be reverted back to the Gover=
nment. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process toward=
s a conclusion. Please send me your confidential telephone numbers for easy=
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured t=
hat this transaction would be most profit for both of us. Best Regards, Mr.=
Jun Liu. Wing Lung Bank, 112 Queen's Road, Central, Main Branch, Hong Kong=
.=20

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