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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. Song Li" <info@songli.com>
Reply-To: lilesong977@admin.in.th
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2010 16:35:28 +0800
Subject: Re: Mr. Song Li

My name is Mr. Song Li. I work with the Hang Seng Bank. There is a sum of
$19,500,000.00 in my bank Hang Seng Bank”, Hong Kong. There were no
beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which mean no one would ever
come to claim it.
That is why I ask that we work together. I do solicit for your assistance in
effecting this transaction. I intend to give 30% of the total funds as
compensation for your assistance. I will notify you on the full transaction
on receipt of your response if interested, and I shall send you the details
and necessary procedures with which to make the
transfer.

E-mail; lilesong977@admin.in.th

should you be interested?

(1)Full name:
(2)private phone number:
(3)current residential address:

Kind Regards,
Mr. Song Li.

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