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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: "song lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <songlee2010@w.cn>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 01:29:09 +1300
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE(PLEASE REPLY AGAIN)

I need your assistance so that we can both transfer abandoned sum of $19.5Million Dollars own by (late Mr Sadiq Uday) from my bank Hang Seng Bank here in Hong Kong.Please Reply so i can give you more informations about the source of the funds and share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.
Please Reply with Full Names Private Phone Number:Current Residential Address:
Occupation:
If you are interested make sure you Contact me
songlee2010@w.cn

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