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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: "Mr.Ling Tia Liu" <marketing@len.co.id>
Reply-To: mr.lliutaling@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:41:10 +0700 (WIT)
Subject: YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE

Good Day,

My name is Mr. Ling Tia Liu; I work with Industrial and Commercial Bank of
China, Hong Kong. I have a business proposal in the tune of $21,300,000.00
US Dollars, to be transferred out of my bank with your assistance.

After the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 40% for you and
60% for me. Should you be interested, please respond to my letter
immediately, so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more
information on the project and how we would handle it. Please treat this
business with utmost confidentiality.

You can contact me on my private email :( mr.lliutaling@yahoo.com.hk)
along with the Following information's for documentation purpose:

(1) Full names:
(2) Private phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:
(5) Age and Sex:

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr.Ling Tia Liu.


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