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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: "Michael Kwong" <michael_kwongg@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: amrobank2000@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 16:45:22 +0000
Subject: URGENT!URGENT!!URGENT!!!,KINDLY GET BACK.

FROM THE DESK OF MR.MICHEAL KWONG
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
ABN AMRO BANK OF HONG KONG (ABNA.B.HK)
KOWLOON-HONG KONG.
Hello sir/madam,
I am Mr micheal kwong the manager of Auditing and Accounting department of
ABN AMRO BANK OF HONG KONG (ABNA.B.HK) here in Kowloon-Hong Kong. In my
department, we discovered an abandoned sum of US$ 17.5M dollar(SEVENTEEN
MILION ,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one
of our foreign customers (Mr.Andrean schranner of Munich, Germany) who died
along with his entire family and son inlaw and family in July 2000 in a
plane crash. For more information about the crash visit this
site:(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
I need the assistance of someone with a foreighn account to be able to
receive this money,even an empty account can serve to recieve this
money.Should you be willing to complete this transaction,get back to me for
more details Upon receipt of your reply, Note that this transaction is
hitch-free and open to srutiny as all required arrangements have been made
for the transfer.Await your urgent responce.

private e-mail:amrobank2000@hotmail.com
Regards
MR MICHEAL KWONG
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANAGER,
ABN AMRO BANK OF HONG KONG (ABNA.B.HK)



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