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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: Eary Kim <earykim_korea3@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2007 22:48:21 +0000
Subject: WHERE SHOULD I HAVE MY BANK WIRE THE FUND TO?



FROM DR. MRS. EARY KIM 403, YOO-CHANG BLDG1305-7 SEOCHO-DONG, SEOCHO-KUSEOUL 137-070KOREAE-MAIL REPLY: EARYKIM_KOREA@MYWAY.COM
MY DEAR GOOD FRIEND:
GOOD DAY,
I HOPE ALL ARE WELL WITH YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND BUSINESS? I FELT SO
DISTURBED WITHIN MY SPIRIT THAT I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO HEARD
FROM YOU SINCE AFTER MY LAST E-MAIL DISCUSSION WHERE I ASKED YOU
TO INFORM ME IMMEDIATELY WHERE I SHOULD SAFELY ASK MY BANK TO
WIRE FUND $57.48 MILLION US DOLLARS YOU SPOKE TO ME ABOUT NEEDED
FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE BUSINESS. PLEASE, DO THAT VERY QUICKLY
NOW MY BANK HAS AGREED TO RELEASE THE $57.48MILLION US DOLLARS.
MEANWHILE, I NEED A DETAIL INFORMATION FROM YOU WHERE I CAN HAVE
MY BANK HERE IN KOREA INSTRUCTED TO WIRE THE $57.48MILLION US
DOLLARS INTO IMMEDIATELY.

FINALLY, UNDERSTAND THAT, I AM A WIDOW AND DOING MY POSSIBLE BEST
WITHIN MY REACH AS YOU CAN ALSO SEE WITH THE HELP OF MY LATE
HUSBAND COMPANY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HAVE THIS ARRANGEMENT
SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED. DO NOT WASTE TIME TO RESPOND WITH DETAIL
INFORMATION WHERE I SHOULD INSTRUCT MY BANK TO MAKE WIRE
IMMEDIATELY.
RESPECTFULLY,
MRS. EARY KIM.FROM KOREA

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