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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. JEFF CHANLEONG." <info@jeff.com>
Reply-To: Chanleong@MikellMail.zzn.com
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:11:31 +0800
Subject: HAPPY NEW YEAR & SUCCESS OF THE YEAR 2011


LEVEL 23 MENARA DION,
27JALAN SULTAN ISMAIL,
BOX. 50250 KUALA LUMPUR
MALAYSIA.
{URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL}
{RE: TRANSFER OF ($ 26,000.000.00 USD}
{TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS}
______________________________________________________________________________

ATTENTION! ATTENTION! MR/MISS

I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT THIS LETTER IS NOT A HOAX MAIL AND I URGE YOU TO
TREAT IT SERIOUS. WE WANT TO TRANSFER TO OVERSEAS ACCOUNT ($26,000.000.00 USD)
TWENTY SIX MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) FROM BANK NEGARA IN KUALA LUMPUR,
MALAYSIA.

I WANT TO ASK YOU, IF YOU ARE CAPABLE TO PARTNERSHIP WITH ME OR QUIETLY LOOK
FOR A RELIABLE AND HONEST PERSON WHO WILL BE CAPABLE AND FIT TO PROVIDE EITHER
AN EXISTING BANK ACCOUNT OR TO SET UP A NEW BANK A/C IMMEDIATELY TO RECEIVE THIS
MONEY, EVEN AN EMPTY A/C CAN SERVE TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY, AS LONG AS YOU WILL
REMAIN HONEST TO ME TILL THE END FOR THIS IMPORTANT BUSINESS TRUSTING IN YOU AND
BELIEVING IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN EITHER NOW OR IN THE FUTURE.

I AM MR. JEFF CHANLEONG, PRESENTLY PROMOTED TO AUDITOR GENERAL IN ONE OF THE
BANKS HERE IN KUALA LUMPUR. DURING THE COURSE OF OUR AUDITING, I DISCOVERED A
FLOATING FUND IN AN ACCOUNT OPENED IN THE BANK IN 2000 AND SINCE 2004 NOBODY HAS
OPERATED ON THIS ACCOUNT AGAIN, AFTER GOING THROUGH SOME OLD FILES IN THE
RECORDS I DISCOVERED THAT THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT DIED WITHOUT A [HEIR/WILL]
HENCE THE MONEY IS FLOATING AND IF I DO NOT REMIT THIS MONEY OUT URGENTLY IT
WILL BE CONFISCATED AND DECLARED SERVICEABLE BY THE BANK.

THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A POLISH AND A TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL AND A
RESIDENT OF POLAND, Mr. ANDRZEJ PEZEWOZNIK, WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN
THE PLANE CRASH, VISIT THE WEBSITE http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8612825.stm
NO OTHER PERSON KNOWS ABOUT THIS ACCOUNT OR ANYTHING CONCERNING IT, THE ACCOUNT
HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY AND MY INVESTIGATION PROVED TO ME AS WELL THAT THE
ACCOUNT IS A SECRET ACCOUNT.THE TOTAL AMOUNT INVOLVED IS TWENTY SIX MILLION
UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY [$26,000.000.00] AND WE WISH TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY
INTO A SAFE FOREIGNERS ACCOUNT ABROAD. BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER; I AM ONLY
CONTACTING YOU AS A FOREIGNER BECAUSE THIS MONEY CANNOT BE APPROVED TO A LOCAL
PERSON HERE, BUT TO A FOREIGNER WHO HAS INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACCOUNT, WHICH I
SHALL GIVE TO YOU UPON YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE.

I AM REVEALING THIS TO YOU WITH BELIEVE IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME
DOWN IN THIS BUSINESS, YOU ARE THE FIRST AND THE ONLY PERSON THAT I AM
CONTACTING FOR THIS BUSINESS, SO PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY SO THAT I WILL INFORM YOU
THE NEXT STEP TO TAKE URGENTLY. I NEED YOUR STRONG ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL NEVER
LET US DOWN, ME AND A KEY BANK OFFICIAL WHO IS DEEPLY INVOLVED WITH ME IN THIS
BUSINESS.

I GUARANTEE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER LEGITIMATE
ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW THE BANK OFFICIAL
WILL DESTROY ALL DOCUMENTS OF THE TRANSACTION IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MONEY
LEAVING NO TRACE TO ANY PLACE.I WILL USE MY POSITION AND INFLUENCE TO OBTAIN ALL
LEGAL APPROVALS FOR ONWARD TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH
APPROPRIATE CLEARANCE FROM THE RELEVANT MINISTRIES AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE
DEPARTMENTS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS BUSINESS, YOU WILL BE GIVEN 35% OF THE
TOTAL AMOUNT, 60% WILL BE FOR ME WHILE THE REMAINING 5% WILL BE FOR THE
EXPENSES.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU.

REGARDS,


MR. JEFF CHANLEONG.


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