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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Miu Ming" <ppberger3@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: miu_ming@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2011 16:53:24 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Please get in touch

Mr. Ming Mui
Vice President & Branch Manager
Bank of East Asia U.S.A (NA)
Canal Street Main Branch
G/F, 202 Canal Street,
New York, NY 10013, USA


Dear Friend,

Internet would not have been the best way to reach you but since this
letter is highly confidential and the Internet seems to be the most
secured and fastest way of communication, I decided to reach you by this
means. I am Mr. Ming Mui, Manager and Vice President of The Bank of East
Asia, Canal Street Main Branch, New York, United State of America.

Kindly note that this message is un-official and personal and as such
should be kept highly confidential so I plead with you to kindly keep it
as such. I am contacting you base on a recent meeting held by the
management of my bank which an account of Late WILLIAM AUCOIN (Deceased)
who died Monday, June 28, 2010 of prostate cancer at the Aventura
Hospital and Medical Center in Aventura, Florida was declared dormant and
should be confiscated and the fund sent to the bank treasury.

Late WILLIAM AUCOIN was an account holder in my bank and I was his account
officer. He has a secret Dollar account worth the sum of $58,200,000.00
(Fifty Eight
Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). Since his death, the
management of my bank has made series of efforts to locate any of his
family members but all efforts were unsuccessful. Late WILLIAM AUCOIN as a
matter of fact used his wife as the Next of Kin to this account but
unfortunately, his wife died years back leaving him with no beneficiary to
this account. This is what has really made me sad because if the wife was
alive, she would have easily claimed the fund long ago and this is why I
am contacting and where I want you to come in.

My bank in a short while would declare the account dormant, confiscated
and the fund would be sent to the bank treasury which means the fund would
be taken by the bank. I will not let such happen because this fund was
kept under my care as the account officer to the late depositor. I will
never forgive myself if I allow the bank confiscate this fund because he
told me before he died that incase he dies, I should do everything in my
power to donate part of the fund to the less privileged and part of it
given to any one I chose to be the beneficiary to this account and the
remaining part should be taken by me.

I want you to come in as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to this account. I
have all the titled documents to back your claim and as the Vice President
and Manager of this branch, it is in my power to carry out any form of
verification on the beneficiary of the said account, process the fund and
wire without any problem. I want you to know that this is legal and 100%
risk free as all the titled documents would be changed to your name and
the fund wired to any bank account you wish to have it transferred.

Kindly note that my work and position would be at risk should anything go
wrong so I need you to think about this and get back to me and I will give
you further details on how this can be handled successfully and without
any problem. I am also using this medium to inform you that this is very
simple and fast and I would be the one to handle everything and all I
would need from you is absolute trust and confidentiality.

Kindly respond as soon as possible so I can give you further details.

Yours Truly,

Mr. Ming Mui

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