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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 DENNIS LEE ESQ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <d_lee1@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 04:39:08 +0800
Subject: KINDLY ATTEND TO THIS!

>From Mr. Dennis Lee Esq.
Lehman, Lee & Xu
Law Firm Shanghai.
No 152,West Nanjing Road,
Peoples Republic of China.

Dear Friend,
I crave your indulgence to kindly attend to this mail in good faith. I do not mean any disrespect by approaching you through this medium; it is due to the urgency of the matter. I am Mr. Dennis Lee Esq, a Chinese private financial consultant here in Shanghai, China. A personal financial consultant to Late Dr Eric T. Hansen, A businessman who died here with out a Will leaving no one as his next of kin to lay claim to his Estate and money deposited in one of the commercial banks here. I have made several enquiries to locate any of his relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

After several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of his relative since over 2 years now, I decided to trace his relatives to locate any member of his family, Hence I am contacting you to assist in securing the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank, Before his death, he had a domiciliary account valued ($7.5M ) United State Dollars (USD) with a commercial bank here. The bank has since issued a notice that I provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next one month.

All I require is your honest cooperation and trusts to enable us see this deal through within the next 14 business day .I am a signatory to the account so I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law as i already have all legal documents and prove regarding the said money. 40% of the total amount will be offered to you if you can complete this transaction with me.

Please get in touch with me immediately through email to indicate your interests to enable us discuss more details and start the process with out any further delays. Kindly include your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

Best regards
Dennis Lee
Email: d_lee1@yahoo.cn


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