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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: "Thi. Nguyen" <mfirdaus-saaid@tiansiang.com>
Reply-To: nguyenphan58@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2020 03:54:14 -0700
Subject: Mrs Nguyen


Hello, =

I am Mrs Thi Lan Nguyen Director of Accounts Department of Hong Kong an=
d Shanghia Banking Corparation Bank (HSBC) France You may be wondering why.=
I have heard of my prayers today =

During the course of our auditing I have discovered a floating fund in an =
account opened with our bank in 2005 and since 2007, I do not know what to =
expect. I want to transfer {$ 6,000 000] six million United States dollars =
out of my branch here in France, i would like to know if you will be able t=
o provide me with an existing bank account or even a new bank account =

It is important to understand that this is the most important business tra=
nsaction in the world. I don't want the money to go into government treasur=
y as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I am contacting you so th=
at the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased=
customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret an=
d delete it if you are not interested.
The owner of this account was Mr. Park Jun-Yung, a national of South Korea=
and an industrialist. He died since 2007 and the account has no beneficiar=
y and my investigation proved to me as well. Park Jung-Yung until his death=
was a manager with a gold mining firm I am revealing all this information =
to you with the belief that you will never let me down in this business, yo=
u are the first and the only person. =

All i require is honest co-operation. I guarantee you that it will be exec=
uted under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach o=
f the law.
Please get in touch with my direct email address (nguyenphan58@hotmail.co=
m).
Yours faithfully, Thi Nguyen

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