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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: qingxuan chen <chenqingxuan01@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 12:18:46 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Reply


Hello Friend,

Warm greetings,Iam in receipt of your mail, first I believe it necessary for me to express my profound gratitude to you for even responding to my email with interest.

However, I would like to be convinced of your willingness, commitment and most of all your trustworthiness to execute this transaction with me, I certainly cannot afford to compromise any of these virtues, you know what I mean, I have my principles.

Without doubt you will eventually earn the benefits of our partnership if we are able to work things out and have the funds relocated within a week or thereabout,and thereafter disbursed to other respective accounts,it is indeed necessary for me to be certain of the person to whom I will be entrusting this transaction,my trust will definitely not be given out lightly, I need to be convinced that you are a matured person with some integrity, we should at least have respect for each other, this I would say is very essential.

With regards to the legality, I want to inform you that the attorney will prepare the Affidavits which shall legally put you in place as next of kin under our Law; he shall obtain the necessary clearances which will cover all the aspects involved in this transaction from the authorities including the Justice Department.

I must also inform you that you will not have to travel for any reason, because the attorney shall be handling all matters of probate on your behalf, you will be duly represented by the attorney, he is an accredited Lawyer with vast experience in issues of inheritance. He will have all the paper work perfected, and with these documents shall be used forward to file for the immediate release and transfer of the funds, as a matter of fact I have been a professional banker for years and I know perfectly how the system works. It does not matter if you are outside Europe or in Europe, the transaction could be executed successfully even with your absence from your country of residence, this means it would definitely be completed before you return back to Europe, it all depends on if you genuinely willing to work with me diligently.

What I really expect from you is complete trust and commitment; I want
this large sum of money transferred with your assistance, and as a banker I know that if we follow up this transaction diligently it would be completed within 9 working days, this is the stipulated time frame and if you work with me I will handle everything perfectly, my position as an insider will go a long way.

I have to know if you are willing to follow up this business seriously before I can give you more details about this transaction hence proceed, as a result of which I shall be waiting for your response and assurance, you need to be someone whom I can rely upon, at least for absolute commitment and trust.

I hope we shall not go into debates, disputes or misunderstanding, I believe in doing things I claim to be capable of doing, it is a simple issue and you will see it accomplished before your very eyes, I wont waste my time chasing the wind, I mean what I say and I do the things which I know I can handle perfectly, it is my principle and this is how I work. The main point you must understand is that I am not imposing this transaction on you, you have the option of backing out at this early stage, but please we have to respect each other and you have to be honest with me, I don;t want to waste any resources of mine if you really dont believe in what you want to stand for.

To be honest with you I know transactions like this are phenomenal perhaps because of the huge funds involved, but do not fail to understand that such transactions do take place most often in the Private banking sector and they are usually spearheaded by insiders in the banks, and sometimes even among top executives, abandoned funds like these are prone to being channeled elsewhere.
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I wait to hear from you anyway, I have spoken my honest mind to you this day and have a nice weekend.

Honest Regards,

Chen.


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