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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: Mr. Yuan Jinyang <leomonteiro@aliber.com.br>
Reply-To: Mr. Yuan Jinyang <yuan.jing.yan@qatar.io>
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 14:41:28 -0300
Subject: Proposal

Good Day,

I am Mr. Yuan Jinyang, auditor/ credit room Bank of China. I got your email
address from a consultancy firm here in Hong Kong. I have a Business
proposition for you and I believe is of mutual benefit to both of us if you
are interested in partnering with me.

Our Client, Gen Mohammed El Gohary, a businessman and also who was with the
Iraqi forces, made a fixed deposit, of Forty Five Million, Two Hundred and
Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($45,275,000.00) only in my branch, a number
of notices was sent to him, before the war which began in 2003 and also
after the war but, no response came from him. We later found out that the
General and family had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit
their home. It was also discovered that the late Gen Mohammed El Gohary did
not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work
of his bank deposit. What bothers me most is according to the laws of my
country at the expiration of 7 years the funds will be revert to the
ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody comes for the funds, Against
this scenery, I have all the information needed to claim these funds and I
want you to act as the beneficiary of the deposit, there is no risk involved
in this matter, as we are going to adopt a legitimate method and the
attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. I want you to know that
you will be entitled to 30% of the entire funds while I get 70% as the
originator of the deal. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law. Keep
my confidence and disregard this email if you do not appreciate this
proposition I have offered you. All confirmable documents to back up this
funds shall be made available to you, as soon as I receive your reply, I
shall let you know what is required of you. If you are interested please get
back to me through my private email (yuan.jing.yan@qatar.io).

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Regards from,
Mr. Yuan Jinyang.




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