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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: <hans.kamn@centrum.cz>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 01:53:10 +0200
Subject: Attn: Greetings to you


Good Day,

Firstly, i will like to apologise for the manner at which i have sent you this mail because we have not had any prior communication. I came across your email address via the internet and decided to send you this mail. My name is Hans-jorg Kamn, I'm the director of operations at the PrivateClientBank (www.privateclientbank.ch) in Zurich, Switzerland.

I will need you to assist me in executing a business project in the tune of five million five hundred thousand US dollars ($5,500,000). This business project involves transferring the above funds from my bank in Switzerland to any designated bank account in your country.

In this regards, I will need to know if you will be able to handle this with me before I explain the details of the proposal to you. Should you be interested, please reply me to private email address: hans.Kamn@switzerland.org.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated, thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Your faithfully,
Hans-jorg Kamn 



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