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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: "Barr. Wang Qin. <bwqs10@gmail.com>" <bibliomonde@noos.fr>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 15:15:44 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Participatory Financial Proposal.

ATTENTION:


I am Wang Qin, an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, died as a result of a heart-related condition on March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake


I am contacting you to seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to my late client. He has a deposit of Seventeen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars (US$17,500,000) left behind. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.


I can be reached only on : bwqs10@gmail.com


Sincerely Yours,
Barrister Wang Qin.
Attorney at Law
Email : bwqs10@gmail.com
Tell: +447-011-121-213


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