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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: "CHU SENGCHEN" <chusengchen132@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: s_chen1952@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2006 00:46:50 +0100
Subject:

Dear friend,

I am Mr. Chu Sengchen , Branch Manager. I have urgent and very

confidential business proposition for you.

On November 6,2000, a British Oil consultant/contractor with the

Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation, Made a numbered time (Fixed)

Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty

Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine

notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his

contract employers, the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that he died

from an unfortunate mishap . On further investigation, I found out that

he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of

kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not

declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including

his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$30,000,000.00 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 China, at the expiration of 6 (six) years, the money will

revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government if nobody applies to

claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to

stand in as the next of kin to the man so that the fruits of this old

man's labor 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 an attorney for drafting and

authorization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and

letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank

account in any part of the world that you will provide will then

facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of

kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the

ratio of 80% for me and 20% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will

be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager

guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are

interested, please reply immediately via my private chinese email

address; s_chen1952@yahoo.com.cn

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.I await your

response via; s_chen1952@yahoo.com.cn.

Thanks and regards.

Mr. Chu Sengchen

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