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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: "Wang Qin" <qwang@resalehost.networksolutions.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: dilleqwang@resalehost.networksolutions.com
Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 07:38:03 +0100
Subject: SYMBIOTIC OVERTURE




Goodday,

My email to you concerns a deceased customer and an investment he placed under our
establishments management. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents
of this mail confidential

This is a proposal in context but soliciting for your unreserved assistance in carrying out
an urgent transaction. I am Mr. Wang Qin credit officer of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
Please you did not get this email in error; I had to search for your contact myself on the
internet. What I require of you is your trust for what I want to expose to you.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client in the bank General Ibrahim Moussa who was with the
Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months,
When the money was matured several notice was sent to him, even during the war.
Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We
later I found out that the General and his family had been killed during the war in a bomb
blast that hit his home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that Gen. Ibrahim Moussa did not declare
any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he
also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his
deposit in my bank.

No doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive, please I employ you to observe complete
confidentiality and be assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us
so please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters of this issue. You may reply
to my email: qwang@ommail.com if you agree to help.

There is no complication involved at all in the matter as we are going to adopt a legal
method and an attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe
utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.

I will provide you with more details as soon as I receive your earliest response.


Kind Regards

Mr Wang Qin.

My email: qwang@ommail.com


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