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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 PETER WONG TUNG SHUN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <t.peterwong@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:17:50 +0100
Subject: Greetings and compliments.

Greetings and compliments.

I am Mr Peter Wong Tung Shun I work with BANK OF CHINA I have a Business proposal in the tune of US$20.500.000m to be transferred to an offshore account with your assistance if willing.

I do solicit for your assistance in effecting this transaction; I intend to give 30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance, if interested I will send you the full transaction details on receipt of your response.
You can contact me on my private email: t.peterwong@yahoo.com.hk and send me the following information for documentation purpose.

1)Full Names
2)Current Residential Address
3)Private telephone number,


I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr.Peter Wong Tung Shun

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