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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 JOHN LEE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infojlee112@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 11:43:44 +0800
Subject: I HAV BUSINESS/PROPOSER OF ($30,000.000,00) USD! FOR YOU

GOOD DAY FRIEND,

I AM SENDING YOU THIS VERY EMAIL TO ASKED IF YOU ARE ABLE TO

STAND AND RECEIVE THIRTY MILLION US DOLLARS ($30,000.000,00)

IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AT YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM IF

ITS BEEN WIRED FROM Malaysia TO YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY?.

THIS IS TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER SYSTEM AND NEED DOCUMENTS BEFORE

REMITTANCE. SO WITH MY POSITION AS THE BANK

CASHER/ACCOUNTANT, CONSIDER IT DONE EFFECTIVELY BECAUSE I

WILL COVER IT UP AND THE BANK WILL AGREED TO TRANSFER IT TO

YOU IMMEDIATELY AS THE RIGHTFUL BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS .

BUT ALL I NEEDED FROM YOU IS TRUST,HONEST,TRUTH AND FULL

CO-OPERATION, SO AS YOU WILL RECEIVE THIS FUND WITHIN A SHORT

PERIOD OF TIME.

ON THESE REGARDS, I NEED YOUR QUICK RESPONSE SO AS YOU WILL

RECEIVE THIS FUND IMMEDIATELY AND WE BOTH HAVE 50% EACH

SHARE. THIS IS 100% REAL,SAVE AND RISK FREE BECAUSE THE BANK

HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE AND IT CANNOT BE TRACE ONCE THIS FUND IS

MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

DUE TO INVESTIGATIONS, Mr. ROBERT RICE,THE DISEASED OF THE

FUNDS, A CITIZEN OF CHINA WHO PERISHED IN A PLANE CRASH

(Concorde Air Flight AF4590)WITH THE WHOLE PASSENGERS ON

BOARD on 31 July 2000.CLICK ON THE LINK FOR DETAILS

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm !!!.LEAVING NO

ONE AS THE NEXT OF KIN AND THIS ACCOUNT HAVE BEEN LYING FOR

YEARS WITH NO BODY TO FILE FOR THE CLAIMS..NOW THE GOVERNMENT

IS LOOKING FORWARD TO REMIT THIS FUNDS INTO GOVERNMENT

ACCOUNT..BUT ON THE LONG RUN I DON'T BELONG TO SUCH GROUP

BECAUSE I KNOW DEFINITELY WELL AM GOING TO GET A TRUSTED

PARTNER TO ASSIST ME ON THIS DEAL..PLEASE FILL AND RETURN THE

VERIFICATION FORM FOR FURTHER PROCESSING..

BANK REQUIRE
YOU ARE TO FILL THE FORM BELOW, AS A WRITTEN APPLICATION TO

CLAIM THE FUND,AND OTHER REQUIREMENT SUCH LIKE IDENTITY WOULD

BE COVERED UP BY ME OK.
PLEASE FILL UP CLAIMS VERIFICATION FORM AND SEND IT BACK TO

ME:


FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY.:................
CONTACT ADDRESS:.............................
EMAIL;.........................................
CITY/STATE:....................................
COUNTRY:.......................................
OCCUPATION:....................................
NATIONALITY:...................................
SEX:.......................AGE:................
MARITAL STATUS:................................
TEL NO:........................................

ONCE I RECEIVED THE ABOVE IN, l WILL IMMEDIATELY PROCESS THE

COVERY DOCUMENT HERE IN Malaysia AND TABLE IT DOWN TO THE

BANK MANAGER FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER AND YOU WILL RECEIVE IT

WITHOUT ANY DELAY, WITHIN SEVEN WORKING DAYS REGARDING ON

YOUR TRUE CO-OPERATION WITH ME. GOD BLESS YOU AND I HOPE WE

SHALL ACHIEVE SUCCESS ON THIS DEAL.

YOURS FAITHFUL FRIEND AND PARTNER,
MR.John Lee
THE ACCOUNTANT

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