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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. LANG LIAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lang_luna209@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2010 02:31:10 +0800
Subject: FOR YOUR ATTENTION

FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
FROM THE DESK OF MR. LANG LIAN.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPARTMENT.
BANK OF ASIA.


DEAR GOOD FRIEND,

I KNOW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. PLEASE DUE WELCOMES THE LETTER AND HELP ME OUT AS YOU FINISH READING, I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO IMPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MATUAL BENEFIT OF OUR FAMILIES, I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS FROM THE INTERNET WHEN I WAS SEARCHING FOR A BUSINESS PARTNER.

MY PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU IS FOR YOU TO COLLABORATE WITH ME IN THIS TRANSACTION BECAUSE IT IS NOT EASY FOR ME TO HANDLE THIS TRANSACTION ALONE AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER (MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER) WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH JULY 31STH 2000 AND LEFT NO ONE TO CLAIM HIS DEPOSIT WITH BANK OF ASIA HERE.

LET ME SOLICIT FOR YOUR CONFIDENCE AND TRUST IN THIS TRANSACTION AS IT IS LEGAL , I HAVE TAKEN ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT HERE BEFORE CONTACTING YOU IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT THIS FUNDS IS SUCCESSFULLY CLAIM AND MOVE TO YOU FROM ASIA WITHOUT IMPLICATIONS, SO I IMPLORE YOU TO COMPLY WITH ME TO ENABLE US MUTUALLY UNDERTAKE THIS PROSPECTS .

THE TOTAL AMOUNT DEPOSITED BY OUR LATE CUSTOMER IS TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($10.5 MILLION USD) AND WE SHALL SHARE THE FUNDS IN A MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING OF 45 % FOR YOU WHILE 55% WILL BE FOR ME, MY 55% WILL REMAIN IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT PENDING ON MY ARRIVAL IN YOUR COUNTRY.

YOU AND I WILL TAKE CARE OF THE EXPENSES THAT WILL COME UP DURRING THE TIME OF TRANSFER.

AND I SHALL INVEST WITH MY OWN SHARE IN YOUR COUNTRY I ASSURE YOU THAT THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS TRANSACTION AND ALSO ALL THE DECEASED CUSTOMER INFORMATION ARE WITH ME TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIM.

NOW UPON YOUR REQUEST I SHALL SEND TO YOU THE BANK TEXT OF APPLICATION WHICH YOU SHALL FILL AND FORWARD TO OUR BANK.

You can view this site to know more.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

1. NAME IN FULL:.......................
2. ADDRESS:..............................
3. NATIONALITY:......................
4. AGE:.....................................
5. SEX........................................
6. OCCUPATION:......................
7. MARITAL STATUS:............
8. PHONE..................................
9. FAX:........................................
10 SCAN AND SEND A COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY CARD TO ME.

N.B PLEASE I BEG YOU WITH THE NAME OF GOOD ALLAH IF YOU CAN NOT FINISH THIS BUSINESS DO NOT CARE TO REPLY I DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO HANG ON THE WAY.

BEST REGARD,
MR.lANG LIAN

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