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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: chummycheng01@interfree.it
Date: 16 Jan 2008 02:58:46 -0000
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT.





>FROM THE DESK OF MR CHENG
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
I.C.B.C BANK OF CHINA.
20/ YueBei, Dongfen. GAUNGZHOU CHINA.


Dear Friend

I am MR CHENG. the bill and exchange manager at the foreign remittance department of I.C.B.C.BANK OF CHINA. I got your contact from the internet ,while seaching for an honest and trust worthy person, who will assist me to implement this transfer.l discovered the sum of Twenty Two Million and five hundred Thousand United States Dollars (USD22.5M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank.

The fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to
put claim over the money since the account owner late Mr KHAN AHMAD from INDONESIA , who was involved in the Sunday, November 21, 2004 China Plane crash Posted: 9:30 PM EST (0230 GMT) .

Here is the air crash website on cnn.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/11/20/china.planecrash/

The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation are nolonger to be found through the proper verification i and my coleagues had made. nobody is leaving behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Chinese cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I therefore soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the next of kin.

I have agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as the beneficiary
in respect of the provision of your Account and services rendered, 55% would be for me while 5% will be for expencses incured during the cause of this transaction If the money is transferred to your Account from ICBC. BANK OF CHINA,

I and my family in this transaction will proceed immediately to your
country for our own share of the money. I expect you to keep this
business strictly confidential and secret as you may wish to know that I am Bank official.

Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free on both side and every arrangement to transfer this money to the Account you are going to provide have been concluded provided we maintain the confidentiality and secreceirity involved.
Contact me on my private phone number( +86-1357-03-45218.. In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, Please quote your,
1. Full name
2. Address
3. phone number
4. Country of origin
5. Occupation
6. Email.
7. AGE
Send above information in your correspondences with your or email address at[ chummycheng@yahoo.cn] I am looking forward for your prompt response..

Yours faithfully,
MR CHUMMY CHENG


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