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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: "Feng Nez Zhao" <paula@emailaccount.com>
Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 10:39:19 -1000
Subject: { VERY VERY URGENT } 8870

Good Day,

I am Feng Zhao,an external auditor for the United Overseas Bank
(UOB)Singapore,working as part of a bigger team that covers the entire
Asian
region.Recently,i discovered some investment accounts that had been dormant
for some time. All the accounts belong to a single holder with monies
totaling $15.7m

The Singapore law demand that I notify the fiscal authorities after a
statutory time period of twelve years when dormant accounts of this type are
called in by the monetary regulatory bodies.The above set of facts
underscores my reason of writing and making the following proposing.

My investigations of the said account reveals that the investor died in
1993 the exact time the account were last operated. I can confirm with
certainty that the said investor died intestate ( Dying without a legal
will ) and no next~of~kin to his estate has been found or has come forward
all
these years. I am of the settled conviction that using my insider leverage.
I, working with you can secure the funds in the account for us
instead of allowing it pass as unclaimed funds into the coffers of the
Government of Singapore.

This exactly is why I crave your participation and co-operation.I have
seized all relevant documents (legal and Banking) that will facilitate our
putting you forward as the claimant/beneficiary of the funds and ultimately
transfer the money to any account nominated by you.Of course you shall be
handsomely rewarded for your part in this transaction as the people.I am
working with are prepared to allocate a 20% slice of the total funds for
your
efforts.I shall however leave out the final details of this transaction
till i receive an affirmation of your desire to participate.

Be assured that my colleagues and I are on top of the situation all the
time and this deal will ne carried out smoothly if you agree to come on
board. Needless to say,UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY is of vital importance if we
are to successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction.

To maintain the level of security required to see this transaction to come
to a successful conclusion, I have intentionally left out the final
details.Please contact me immediately through my PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS
BELOW for more details.

I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

I do expect you prompt response.

Thank you,

Mr. Feng Zhao

Email: reunitedto@katamail.com

Email: willop@37.com






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