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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: "Tung Shun" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr_peterwongtung1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2010 04:15:16 +0100
Subject: Hi Its Me

Greetings and compliments.

I am Mr. Peter Wong Tung Shun I work with Bank of China I have a business
in the tune of USD 22,500,000 to be transferred to an offshore account with your help,
if they wish. Should I ask for your help in realizing this transaction, I intend to put 30% of the
total funds as compensation for your
assistance, if interested and i receive your response, i will immediately give you full information
on the
transaction. You can contact me on my private email:(mrpeterrwongtungz@w.cn)
and send me the following information for documentation purpose.

1) The name and surname
2) current residential address
3) Private phone number,
I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Mr Peter Wong Tung Shun

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