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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Vincent Hong." <vincenthong2010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 21:28:03 -1200
Subject: RESPONSE.

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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