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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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Please note about this email:

Fraud email example:

From: "sang lee" <sanglee005@msn.com>
Reply-To: sanglee005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 01:34:23 +0000
Subject: mr. sang d lee

From the desk of:
mr. sang d lee
korea exchange bank.
seoul-south korea.
website:http://www.yescard.co.kr/iren/about/iren_about_manaprof.asp
I am Mr Sang-Duck Lee, auditor of the Korean Exchange Bank, Seoul,South Korea. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
I am the Auditing officer to Mrs Salah Adams (deceased) one of our foreign customers. While she banked with us, I oversaw her
accounts and other official/financial obligations as my office demanded being her auditor.Unfortunately, she died along with her entire family in the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline 990 alonside other passengers. On further investigation, I found out that she died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace her next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mrs. Salah Adams did not declare any kin or relations in all her official documents, including her Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$45,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of Republic of South Korea, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the South Korean Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. I cannot release the fund from her account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mrs. Salah Adams so that the fruits of this old woman's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address
so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of our bank attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.
Having made a very frantic and exhaustive search for any family member that would lay claim to this fund, I decided to take my chance with you. I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased as I have all documentations including her certified Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as next of kin to her as she had a closing balanced of US$45,000,000.00 here in our bank in South Korea.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Beneficiary name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers
These requirements will enable me make some internal re-adjustments and file your name in form A2, T12 and other vital forms as next of kin.
Please consult the CABLE NEWS NETWORK (CNN) WEBSITE
below for verification.
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.html
and BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
WHAT TO DO NOW:
You will have to open an account in your name or company's name pending on what you are confortable with in one of our branches in Chicago or Los Angeles OR elsewhere in the World pending on where our branches are located in your country of residence.You will provide the account details then facilitate the transfer of this fund to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The fund will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 50% for me and 50% for you.
You can link our branch in Chicago at:
181 West Madison Street, Suite 2100 Chicago, IL60602, U.S.A.
You can link our branch in Los Angeles:
777 South Figueroa St., Suite 3000, Los Angeles CA 90017, U.S.A
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by our bank legal representative and my position as the auditor of the bank guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Please send your reply to these email address for confidential reasons: sanglee005@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks and regards.
Mr.Lee Sang-Duck

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