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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: Chant alakiss <chant_k22@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: chant_alakissi@yahoo.co.in
Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2008 22:07:21 +0800 (CST)
Subject: MRS CHANT


Dear Friend,

I am MRS CHANT ALAKISSI a head of auditing and accounting of bank of Africa. I am contacting for your assistance on this business with full financial benefit for both of us As a next of kin.

In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$45.5M. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this. It has come to my knowledge that the bank wants to confiscate the fund hence no relative neither partner of the late Mr Hisham Schreiber has come or applied for the withdrawal of the fund. I have all the confidence to explain this secret to you in order claim the fund to your bank account as a partner to the deceased Mr Hisham Schreiber.

The fund will be released to you as the partner of deceased Mr Hisham Schreiber if you can stand with the full details and data of the late Mr Hisham Schreiber which I should order you later, I will furnish you with all the necessary details of late Mr Hisham Schreiber all together with the deposit receipt of the fund which our bank issued to him the day he made the deposit in this bank.

Please if you are in position to help me, reply me urgently so as to give you more details.

Thanks and GOD bless you, waiting your reply.

yours sincerely,

MRS CHANT ALAKISSI .
Auditor in the Bank




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