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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: "Mr. Michael Carlson" <alpboard@web2mail.com>
Reply-To: carlsonmyk1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:58:38 +0530
Subject: Dear Friend

My dear friend,

I am writing you in respect of Mr. Chien Chi-mim, the then Head of the
Department of Economic Research of the government of Taiwan, who died in
the Taiwanese plane crash of February 16, 1998. Please view this link for
more details, if you will:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/not_in_website/syndication/monitoring/57279.stm


Precisely in November 1997, the late Mr. Chien Chi-mim, in his capacity as
the Head of Department of Economic Research of the Taiwanese government
visited United Kingdom, where he made substantial cash deposits in a
commercial bank here in London, ostensibly for investment purposes. He was
indeed acting for himself and other individuals in top hierarchy of the
Taiwanese government then and they were targeting investments in solid
minerals, in South Africa, namely:- gold, platinum, diamond and crude oil
specifically from Angola, using Johannesburg as their hub. Before his
tragic death in the Taiwanese plane crash of February 16, 1998, he had
swollen the said account in the U.K commercial bank by several millions of
dollars through subsequent wire transfers into the account.

Incidentally, their planned investments in Southern Africa and Angola,
never took off before his tragic death. Today the millions of dollars he
amassed in the said UK commercial bank account have been idle and dormant
in the last ten years after his death, except for the periodic accruable
compound interests that the bank has continued to credit to the account.
In the last 10 years neither his family nor his other prospective partners
from Taiwan have asked for, or made any enquiry whatsoever regarding this
money from the bank where this account is domiciled. I can authoritatively
tell you that they will never ever do so and I know why they won't.

In the circumstance, what do you think is the fate of those sitting
millions of dollars? Why am I telling you about this anyway and what
business of mine, or yours should that be ordinarily? Well, I am writing
you, because I am a British Citizen and have been working in this same
bank where the late Mr. Chien Chi-mim kept this money for 12 years now -
1996 to date and I have risen through the ranks over those years to the
top hierarchy of the bank now. I was privy to late Mr. Chien Chi-mim's
bank account here from 1997, and have since monitored, watched and carried
out in-depth secret enquiries and private investigations on the funds
therein for the last 10 years and now I have my facts on it 100%.

Today, that account has well over Sixteen Million Dollars ($16M) in it and
continues to attract interests, which are periodically credited into it
and compounded for subsequent interests computations. That means that it
will continue to grow.

I have a foolproof, watertight and legitimate plan that will make you and
I the sole, authentic beneficiaries of this money in lieu the real owners
and it will be legitimate, legal and will not breach any laws anywhere on
earth.

However, I need a collaborator who is domiciled outside Britain (UK) to be
able to do this successfully, hence my contacting herewith. If you will be
interested in partnering with me in this project for a fee of at least
Seven Million US dollars ($7.0M) to you upon successful conclusion, pls
write me back quickly indicating your interest and readiness.

If you feel offended by this proposed project, or are not interested in
it, accept my apologies and pls don't bother to reply at all. My
assurances are that this project can never fail and involves no risk now,
or ever. Contact me only if you are interested. at : mykcarlson@yahoo.com

Mr. Michael Carlson



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