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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: "Dr. Zhang Yi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drzhng@hdrmut.net>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:45:20 -0800
Subject: Proposal.

Dear Friend,
It is indeed my pleasure to write you this letter, which I believe will be a great surprise to you as we have never met before and I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed your privacy.Please forgive me for this unusual manner of contacting you, but this particular letter is of exceptional very private in nature. I know that there is absolutely going to be a great doubt and distrust in your heart in respect of this letter coupled with the fact that so many individuals have taken possession of the Internet world to facilitate their nefarious deeds, thereby making it extremely difficult for genuine and legitimate business class persons to get attention to another person for real business. There is no way for me to know whether I will be properly understood, but it is my desire to write and reach out to you as a person based on great fidelity and trust.
My name is Zhang Yi, I am the assistant general manager Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) London, I am contacting you in respect of a business transaction that required your urgent attention. I want to bring you to the clear picture of what I am talking about as the only person that knows about this transaction I am about to reveal to you is my secretary Miss Wang since she is the person that will prepare all documentations as to conclude this within a short period of time.
Concerning the responsible person Mr. Peter Leslie Ambrosy from Australia, Mr. Peter Leslie Ambrosy was a big scammer in the history of Australia, who defrauded the Australian taxation office huge sums of money, Mr. Peter Leslie Ambrosy played a major role in every other element of implementation and the frauds perpetuated upon the commonwealth revenue. The Australian and British Government has been in collaboration with all Banks where Mr. Peter Leslie Ambrosy was suspected of lodging his wealth to confiscate them, and last year we discovered about GBP36,000,000.00 Pounds sterling and some other Banks also discovered huge sums belonging to Mr. Peter Leslie Ambrosy which the Government confiscated them all.
Recently, I was assigned to carry out some assessments program in my Bank in London and I discovered a dormant account worth the sum of USD126, 000,000.00 while tracing the origin of the account I discovered it was one of the Mr. Peter Leslie Ambrosy’s account deposit and I used my experience in the Banking system and subjected the account to unknown account.
What I want from you is to give me your full support so that I will go on and prepare the necessary documents as to make the transfer directly to your account for you to investment and manage it in my name. Most importantly, you will be required to:[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.[3]. Invest/Manage the funds outside of UK.You will benefit 10% for your partnership also a subsequent 10% "Management Commission" will be paid for your advised investment services. If you prefer to be re-contacted for more express information, please send me your: [1] Full Names:[2] Contact address: [3] Direct Telephone/Fax Numbers.
This is 100% free from risk I will protect your interest and mine as well as far as this transaction is concern. If you would give me your word and partner with me then let me know so that my secretary will begin every documentation so that before 3 or 4 days time the fund will be transferred in your account. Please I hope you can understand me, try and keep this email to the top secretes.
Note: Please ensure that all initial correspondence should be via Email. I expect your correspondence and my response will be swift.
Thank you very mush.
Dr. Zhang Yi
Assistant General Manager (ICBC) London.
Direct Tel No: + (44) 7031976650
Direct Fax No: + (44) 709-289-8895
Email:assistanmanager.ICBC@london.com
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DISCLAIMER:
The information contained in this e-mail may be confidential, proprietary and/or legally privileged. It is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not allowed to distribute, copy, review, retransmit, disseminate or use this e-mail or any part of it in any form whatsoever for any purpose. If you have received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender and delete the original message. Please be aware that the contents of this e-mail may not be secure and should not be seen as forming a legally binding contract unless otherwise stated.
Thank you.

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