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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: "Chen Guan." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chenguan8u8@8u8.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 18:05:47 -0800
Subject: I Seek Your Partnership.

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you and your family.

Let me start by introducing myself, I am Mr. Chen Guan, financial

director, Bank of China.



Our Client, Gen Zaiki Taha Abdel, a businessman and also who was with

the Iraqi forces, made a fixed deposit, of ( $17,300,000.00) Seventeen

Million Three Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch,

a number of notices was sent to him, before the war which began in 2003

and also after the war but, no response came from him. We later found

out that the General along with his wife and only daughter had been

killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit their home.



After more inquiry it was also discovered that the late Gen. did not

declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work

of his bank deposit. What bothers me most is according to the laws of

my country at the expiration of 6 years the funds will be revert to the

ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody comes for the funds,

Against this scenery, I have all the information needed to claim these

funds and I want you to act as the beneficiary of the deposit, there is

no risk involved in this matter, as we are going to adopt a legitimate

method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.

All I require is your honest co-operation and I guarantee that this

will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you

from any breach of the law. Please accept my apologies and keep my

confidence.



Considering the money involved, and due to the nature of this

transaction, it is necessary for you to be sure of whom you are

transacting with. I want to be sure that you are ready, to execute this

transaction with me, What I expect from you is trust and commitment, I

want this large sum of money transferred with your assistance and you

should have nothing to worry about regarding legality AT ALL, because

what affects you Shall also affects me too, considering the paper work

we are about to sign together but, I will appreciate you to follow my

directives amicably as everything shall be done in accordance passing

through all international banking laws, and as a banker I know that if

we follow up this transaction diligently it would be completed within 9

working days.



Please get back to me only if you are interested so that my attorney

can start the paper works and re profile the documents to your names.

Please Kindly Provide Your Details Below.

Full Names:..........................

Current Address:.....................

Age:..................................

Nationality :.........................

Occupation:...........................

Home Phone:...........................

Office OR Cell Phone:.................

Fax No:...............................

E-mail Address:.......................


Thank you,

You can reach me on chenguanoffice@yahoo.com.hk

Mr. Chen Guan.

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