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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: "edward yau" <edwardyau101@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: beruckbacu@myway.com
Date: Wed, 16 Aug 2006 09:49:21 +0100
Subject: Very Urgent.

MR EDWARD YAU.

SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED(UK BRANCH)

65 CORNHILL, LONDON , EC3V 3NP

LONDON UNITED KINGDOM


Geetings,


I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose to reach you
through it because it is the fastest,surest and most secured medium of
communication. However,this correspondence is un-official and
private,and
it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this
transaction
is hitch free from all what you may think of.


I am Mr Edward Yau of SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED (London Branch)
I am
contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached
to
this transaction.


The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (SHANGHAI
COMMERCIAL
BANK LIMITED UK) in a recent meeting, Recommended that the account of
WAI-CHING CHUNG, who was ne of my branch depositor, should be declared
Dormant,confisticated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank
Treasury
according to UK Banking and financial law. He died in worldtrade
centre as
a victims of the september 11,2001.Incident that befall the United
State of
America,the bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the
relatives to claim this money but without success, you can confirm
through
this site:

http://www.september11victims.com/september11Vctims/victims_list.htm
MR
WAI-CHING CHUNG is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar
account
with the sum of US$58.2M (Fifty Eight Million, two Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my
branch .In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the Dollar account
holder(the brother) nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim
this
because he has the account as a > secret account thus he left all the
documents for > the deposit with me.

This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want
you
to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you the
relevantdocuments and contacts to file the application and then ffect
the
approvals for the> transfer of the money, I will be the one to provide
the
ital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly
how
we should handle it.Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home
Address
when replying this mail and I will
give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to
assist in this transaction.


We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back
up the
claims.Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him
as I
am in position to afix your name as the next of kin.


The whole Procedures will last only 7 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the
transfer of
the money we shall share the money 50-40-10.that is I will have 50%
while
you will have 40%, then 10% for any expenses incured.


I await your urgent response to this mail.


Yours Truly,

MR EDWARD YAU

(London Branch SHANGHAI COMMERCIAL BANK LIMITED UK

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