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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 Lile" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <songlile221@aol.nl>
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:19:33 +0200
Subject: Re:Good day,

Dear Prospective Partner,

Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met before; I am writing to you on behalf of Mr. Chen Shui-bian. My name is Mr. Song Lile and I am a top management executive here at the Hang Seng Bank of Hong Kong.

Your role will be to:
[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
[3]. Invest/Manage the funds outside of Singapore.
[4]. Value of funds: $19.5 Million US Dollars.

Mr. Chen Shui-bian's current profile visit this site:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8250099.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8233342.stm

You can email me at songlile221@aol.nl for further details, terms and agreement.

Sincerely,
Mr. Song Lile
Private e-mail:songlile221@aol.nl
Tell: +852-9534-8675

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