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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: "eiji cheng" <eijicheng008@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: eijicheng6@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 07:23:13 +0000
Subject: please reply (investment business)

DBS BANK.
DBS Bank, Hong Kong Branch.
16th Floor Man Yee Building
68 Des Voeux Road
Central, Hong Kong.
Email:eijicheng6@yahoo.com.hk

I am Mr. Eiji Cheng Liu, Bank Manager DBS Bank Hong Kong branch, I am
contacting you for a highly confidential business intrest that is of mutual
benefit to you and me.
Here it is:

An Arabian Oil Consultant and Contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation, Fawzy Sameh, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit of
US$11,500,000.00 (Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) with my bank in 1998-1999.
At maturity of this Investment, I sent series of notification to his
forwarding address but got no response. After a month, we sent a reminder
and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Chinese Solid
Minerals Corporation that Mr. Fawzy Sameh died in a plane crash in EgyptAir
Flight 990,1999 air crash.
Since we got this information about his death and 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 FAWZY SAMEH did not declare any kin or relations in all his
official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This
amount US$11,500,000.00 is still in my Bank at this moment and the interest
is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. With my
many years of banking experience, i know that no one will ever come forward
to claim it.

According to Laws of Hong Kong, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund. Now. my proposal to you is that I will like you
as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Fawzy Sameh, so that the
fruits of this man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials here in Hong Kong.
How it will work is this, I will like you to provide me 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 of
Fawzy Sameh. We shall employ the services of an attorney here for drafting
and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank
account outside Hong Kong 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 85% for me and 15%
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 100% successful execution of this transaction.
Please If you are interested, i want you to reply immediately via the
private email address above. Upon your response, I shall then provide you
with more details that will help you understand the transaction. Please send
me your confidential
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
I want you to observe utmost confidentiality, please.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email
address:eijicheng6@yahoo.com.hk

Much Regards,

Eiji Cheng Liu ( Central Hong Kong).

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