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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: Chin Seng <jermir@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: chinsenglawfirm@albawaba.com
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:35:05 +0800
Subject: SAME NAME

I am Barr Chin Seng an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, that
shares the same last name as yours died as the 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 December
2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.


And in the record there is no known successor to this deposit of the
deceased who died without a will for more information. My late Client has
deposit of ( US$19 Million Dollars) left behind.

Best regards,
Mr.Chin Seng(Esq.)
Email:chinsenglawfirm@albawaba.com

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