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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: "Mr. Song Li Le" <wlt@gil.com.au>
Reply-To: slile@Go-Bama.com
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:44:18 +1000
Subject: Dear Friend




Dear Friend,




I am Mr. Song Li Le Executive Director of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd, Sai Wan Ho
Branch, 171 Shaukiwan Road Hong Kong.An Iraqi named Haider Hanoon, a business
man made a numbered fixed deposit of (346,736,899.68 HKD) for 18 calendar
months; this is valued to Forty Million Five Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars only in branch. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him,even
during the war,three years ago (2005). Again after the war another
notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out
that Haider Hanoon and his family had been killed during the war in Gunfire
that hit their home at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was.




After further investigation it was also discovered that Haider Hanoon did not
declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his
bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office
that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Forty Four million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no
one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that according to
the laws of my country at the expiration five years six months the funds will
revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim
the funds.




&nbsp;My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position
to instruct HANG SENG BANK to release the deposit to you as the closest
surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the
money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin
and have them release the deposit to you.We share the percentage 50/50. I
would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have
drawn a straight line in my involvement in claiming the deposit. I assure you
that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days. I will simply
inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating to Haider Hanoon I
will then officially communicate with my Bank and instruct them to release the
deposit to you. With these: all is done. I am aware of the consequences of
this proposal.




I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard
this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is
of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do
not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not
know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable
situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what
I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to
understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move.
Such opportunities only come ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this
chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny.
These chances won&rsquo;t pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance,
if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but
do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide
them with new opportunities.




There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I
have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to
work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows of this
situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into
the center of relevance in my life. Let&rsquo;s share the blessing.




If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a
conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official
channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not
want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you
contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the
email account that i will provide therein in this email. Further more be
informed that the fact that you are a foreigner give you the privilege to
stand in as my deceased client beneficiary as my Deceased client had no
relation all his family died with him during the war and I can not use my
relation because its not accepted here in Hong Kong. Also I am very confident
that we will be able to establish the trust that is needed to complete this
deal and all that I need from the time been is your willingness and commitment
so that we can end this in the next one week.




&nbsp;What you need to understand about this transaction is that I will make
sure that it passes through all international banking laws regards to this I
will take care of all the expenses and the cost of retaining the service of my
Attorney to give the transaction the proper documentation that is required to
perfect the finishing. Your only obligation in this transaction will be
opening of offshore accounts that can accommodate these funds and I will give
you more lightly later once you agree to partner with me. Like I said before
there is no risk involve as it will pass through international banking laws
and all documents related to this transaction will be sent to you by post for
your perusal and trust.




I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lines are not
secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of
customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Please observe
this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man, I have
wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to
what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing
gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.
This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not
betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting,
soon. Should you be interested I will prefer you to reach me on the email
address below: E-mail: slile@Go-Bama.com&nbsp;Your earliest response to this
letter will be appreciated.




I await your response.




Mr. Song Li Leslile@Go-Bama.com




&nbsp;




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