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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: Ji Xiaoming Chen <mikolowtwojaszkola@neostrada.pl>
Reply-To: jixiaomingchen@hotmail.my
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 20:17:51 +0800
Subject: Hello:

Dear ,
I am Ji Xiaoming Chen, an attorney at Law. I have a client who died i=
ntestate alongside
his wife and only child and who is from the same ancestral lineage wi=
th you. Prior to the
death of my Client, he secured a contract of 28 million USD from the =
Kingdom of Bahrain
and the contract was successfully executed but the balance of Fifteen=
Million Seven
hundred thousand United States Dollars was subsequently paid into my =
client=92s account
within the time of his sudden death and this amount is lying unclaime=
d.

Being the personal attorney of my late client, I was mandated to prov=
ide the appointed kin
or risk losing the money to the government, I have made several effor=
t to contact any
member of my client immediate family but to no avail, so I decided to=
look for someone
=66rom the same ancestral lineage with my client to present as the po=
ssible kin and this is
the reason I am contacting you to assist in distributing this money s=
ince the possibility
of you being related to my client can be established.
Thank you and get back to me as soon as possible.
Regards
Ji Xiaoming Chen::::::::::::::::::::: jixiaomingchen@hotmail.my


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