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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 14:28:44 -0700
Subject: Please send Details!


Hello Dear,
I AM MR.LIU YAN A TRANSFER INVESTMENT SECTION IN BANK OF CHINA
LTD.SECRETARIAT OF THE BOCHK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 13/F.BANK OF CHINA
TOWER, 1 Garden Road,Hong Kong I have an obscured business suggestion for
you. Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General.Mohamed Jassim Ali
who work as the minister of the Iraqi Liquefied Oil/Gas Co-operation and
also a business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar
months,with a value of Nineteen million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars only in my branch.Upon maturity several notices was
sent to him,even early in the war.Again after the war another notification
was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that
General.Mohamed Jassim Ali and his family had been killed during the war
in a bomb blast that hit their home.After further investigation it was also
discovered that General.Mohamed Jassim Ali did not declare any next of kin
in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit.
Although before the invent of his death he did confided in me that no one
except me knew of his deposit in my bank. That I should help him solicit
for a partner who can help invest this funds into building a Tourist Hotel
or Real Estate business as a banker. So, Nineteen million Five Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars is still lying in my bank waiting to be
claimed for this investment purpose. According to the laws of my country
at the expiration of 3 years the funds will revert to the ownership of
the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.Against
this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner
to lay claims on this funds as the next of kin to General.Mohamed Jassim Ali.
I shall contact an attorney that will prepare the necessary document to back
you up as the next of kin to General.Mohamed Jassim Ali,We are going to adopt
a legalized method which the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents
upon your acceptance What is required from you at this stage is for you to
provide me with your Full Names,private phone/fax number and current
residential address so that the attorney can commence his job.I shall provide
you with more details of this operation.
N:B Please make sure you contact me on my private email
(yanliu_boc@yahoo.com.hk<mailto:yanliu_boc@yahoo.com.hk>)
Best Regards
Liu Yan.

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