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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: Shuxiang Yang <Shuxiang@info.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: Shuxiang_yang04@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 15:21:34 -0800
Subject: Transaction Request

Transaction Request
My name is Shuxiang Yang, Senior Financial Officer of Shanghai Pudong
Development Bank, Shanghai.
Kindly, permit me to introduce a business project that will mutually be
beneficial to us. The project is about the transfer of a huge amount of money
from my bank here to you based on a properly planned out legal/banking
procedure. This fund was deposited by Mr. Irshad Ahmad, a Pakistani who died
under some incomprehensible circumstances in Afghanistan . If you are
interested in this business, please contact me through my private email
(Shuxiang_yang04@yahoo.cn)for further details
Shuxiang Yang
E-mail: Shuxiang_yang04@yahoo.cn

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