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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: chowlee@mchsi.com (chowlee19@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 06:13:19 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL



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Dear Sir/Madam,

Urgent Business Proposal From:
Mr. Chow Lee

Let me start by introducing
myself. I am Mr. Chow Lee, a
credit officer of the Hang Seng
Bank Ltd. I have an urgent
business proposal for you. Before
the U.S and Iraqi war our client
Gen. Aadel Akgaal Bastaan who was
with the Iraqi forces and also
businessman made a numbered fixed
deposit for 18 calendar months,
with a value of thirty five
million United State Dollars only
in my branch. Upon maturity
several notices was sent to him,
even during the war which began
in 2003. Again after the war
another notification was sent and
still no response came from him.
We later find out that the
General along with his wife and
only daughter had been killed
during the war in a bomb blast
that hit their home.
You can read more about the
bombings on visiting these sites
below:

http://civilians.info/iraq/deaths_
data.php
http://www.ccmep.org/usbombingwatc
h/2003.htm#3/19/03

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