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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: cs@sumberairsehat.com
Reply-To: markwillshire001@hotmail.com
Date: 20 Dec 2020 13:43:56 -0800
Subject: KIND PROPOSAL

Dear Enterprenuer

I am grateful for this opportunity to engage you in this lucrative business transaction; this quest is born of love and sense of responsibility of purpose and dream accomplishment as I was instructed by the legitimate owners of the fund am managing.

My name is Dr. James M Wynn, the Customer care manager  of the Turkiye Kupasi Royal Bank,  Republic of Turkey, am the account officer of Mr. & Mrs Hu Wang a Chinese nationals and the CEO of huwang textile company in Gwanzu China who has a fund deposited with this bank.

Few days ago, I had a call from the lawyer who informed us of the sudden death of Mr. Hu as a result of this COVID-19. According to the lawyer in Mr. Hu official will, he has instructed that the funds be used to establish an industry and the proceed should be used to take care of Amputees and street children because he is a product of the street before someone unknown to him pick him up and took care of him.

We need a reliable personality who will be able to adhere to the directives of Late Mr. Hu Wang. The amount in the account is Fifteen Million United States Dollars.

The money is accessible and we can provide you with proof of Fund, if you are interested, let us know so that we can give you the details of the transaction.

The procedure is not cumbersome, all we want from you is to know if you have the managerial skill to successfully handle or manage this amount and ensure that the dream is carried us to the letters.

We have concluded all transfer arrangement to ensure that its done legally, smoothly and fast without any problem. Note that, we shall follow legitimate process because we will not like you to encounter any kind of security persecution and harassment, that is why we stick on ensuring that all steps must be legitimate, no backdoor procedures.

 

I sincerely thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

I will be waiting for your feedback response  on my personal email. wynnmerle.j@aol.com

 

Yours Truly,

Dr.James M Wynn

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