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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: "Richard " <richiey@inmate.com>
Reply-To: al0192201@yandex.com
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2017 21:14:27 +0800
Subject: Re: Albert's

Good Day to You,

Thank you for your swift response, again, my name is Richard Chan Yorke, i work at China Construction Bank Ltd, Hong Kong. We have just Concluded an Investigation which was not Productive in Respect of a global search of any kind of relative to a deceased Client of ours named Mr. Albert has an Investment placed under China Construction Bank.

The main reason of contacting you is because the result of our investigation was futile. You do not only Share the Same Last name as the deceased but also best fits your Profile what I Intend to do. I hope that you will be interested in my proposal as regards to the prospective opportunities and return it could provide for both of us, please take your time to read.

In the year 1999, this Client by the Name of Mr. Albert to our Office for Discussions about a Financial Investment of USD$17,000,000.00 (Seventeen million United States Dollars) which he had invested in China Construction Bank for ten years. i was assigned as his portfolio manager and worked on strategies in line with the volume of fund at my disposal divulging in various growth funds with prime ratings strategically investing in equity and equity-related securities including venture capital, private equity, growth financing hedge funds and leveraged buy-outs. We spun the money around various diversified medium term note programs and commercial paper attracting margins in profit and dividends of over $24 Million United State Dollars mostly in share-market options, Bond and Mutual fund. In mid 2002, Albert asked that part of the options be liquidated as suggested by then assistant Mr. Mizue Hayashi for some capital investment opportunities in Western Europe. He directed that the funds be deposited at Pioneer Asset Management a holding company in Hong Kong. Albert was also informed of a 2.5 % Securities deductible from the funds to cater for banking and statutory charges as required by the People's Bank of China on fast cash transfer transactions, he complained about the high changes but later came around when all was explained about the complexities of the task at hand.

The Capital yielded an average of 7.5% annually and now worth US$ 24,500,000.00 (Twenty-Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars). Albert passed away in October 2002. My office was later contacted in October, 2009 by Pioneer Asset Management of the inactivity of this particular portfolio, My bank had investigated for years and had not found any next of kin as Albert was interstate in his belief in line with his philosophy as a Patron of the Stonewall Society.

All the details I have here in Hong Kong and I am prepared to place you in a position as the rightful beneficiary Next of Kin to Albert's estate. The deposit hopefully should be released to you within 2/3 weeks after all the necessary paper work has been put together and filed, in accordance with the "inheritance act law of no claims" circumstance. We can then share in a ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. If you are interested in proceeding with this proposal, we can fine-tune this based on good interaction and knowledgeable input.

Please re-confirm your complete names and full address in your reply to this email and i plead with you on one issue, whether you are interested or not, kindly do not expose this information to anyone else. I confirm that the transaction is legitimate and without any risks either to me or yourself. Please, your immediate response will be highly appreciated.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,
Richard Chan Yorke..

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