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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: Vincent Hong <vincenthong2010@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 04:48:09 +0100
Subject: PROCEEDINGS.

Dear Associate,

Thanks alot for your interest in partnering with me! I sure like to tell you
that we will gain alot from this transaction but there are some certain
things we must do to achieve this...However let me give you a comprehensive
note what this is about.I am Mr.Vincent Hong, Non Executive Director of Hang
Seng Bank Ltd, Hong Kong. An Iraqi named Haider Hanoon,a business man made a
numbered fixed deposit of Forty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars only in my branch.. Upon maturity several notice was sent to
him, even during the war, Seven years ago (2003). Again after the war
another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later
found out that Haider Hanoon and his family had been killed during the war
in Gunfire that hit their home at Mukaradeeb.


After further investigation it was also discovered that Haider Hanoon did
not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work
of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my
office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Forty Four
million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank
and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that
according to the laws of my country at the expiration seven years six months
the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds.

Be informed that the fact that you are a foreigner gives you the privilege
to stand in as my deceased client beneficiary as my deceased had no relation
all his family died with him during the war and i can not use my relation
because its not accepted here in Hong Kong. Also I am very confident that we
will be able to establish the trust that is needed to complete this deal and
all that I need for now is your willingness and commitment so that we can
end this in the next two weeks. What you need to understand about this
transaction is that I will make sure that it passes through all
international banking laws regards to this I will take care of the cost of
retaining the service of my Attorney to give the transaction the proper
documentation that is required to perfect the finishing.Your only obligation
in this transaction is to accept to stand in as the only existing
beneficiary of my deceased client and you will have to set up offshore
account that can accommodate the funds with my principal bank which I will
give you information later once we finalize this deal.


I hope that the above is well clear to you,if so kindly send me the
following;

1. Your Full Name which will be used to prepare the legal paper
2. Your Current Home Address which will be used to prepare the legal paper
3. Your Personal Phone Number
4. Nature Of Job

Mind your names and address will be used by my Attorney to prepare the
needed documents that will back you up as the sole beneficiary of my
deceased client funds while I shall contact you with your phone number for
further discussions. Once again thanks for your interest and willingness to
partner with me in pulling out my late client funds from my bank,I am
anticipating to reading from you very soon.

Sincerely,
Vincent Hong.

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