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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: "Robet Wettenhall" <mrpoonchungyinjose54@hsbc.hk.com>
Reply-To: mrpoonchungyinjose54@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:56:46 +1100
Subject: Urgent: Business Proposal Notice

Good Day,

My Boss, Mr. Poon Chung Yin Joseph the Managing Director and Deputy Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank in Hong Kong as asked me to contact you for a business proposal in the tune of $21 Million USD, after the successful transfer to your account, we shall share in ratio of 30% for you,40% goes for the Charity works and Remain 30% for me. Should you be interested, please contact me through my private email (mrpoonchgyinjoseph@live.com), so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on how we would handle this business. Please treat this business with utmost privacy and send me the following:

Full names
Phone number
Address
Occupation
Age
Sex:

Kind Regards,

From
Robet Wettenhall
Secretary To:
Mr. Poon Chung Yin Joseph
Reply To Email: mrpoonchgyinjoseph@live.com

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