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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: "peter wong" <info@peter.com>
Reply-To: peterwong2@w.cn
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:16:21 +0800 (PHT)
Subject: business proposal

Greetings

I am Mr. Peter Wong Tung Shun, I work with HANG SENG BANK,
HONG KONG.and I have a business proposal for you. Our late
client made a fixed deposit amount of US$ 20.500.000m but did
not declare any next of kin in any of his paper work, I want
you as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary of this funds
to be transferred out of my bank to an offshore account with
your assistance if willing. After the successful transfer, we
shall share in the ratio of 30% for you and 70% for me.

All I need from you is your readiness, trustworthiness and
dedication, if interested I will send you the full transaction
details on receipt of your response.

You can contact me on my private email: peterwong2@w.cn

You are to send the following information below for documentation purpose.

(1) Full Names (2) Current Residential Address ( 3) Private
telephone number (4) Age

I look forward to hearing from you

Kind Regards
Mr.Peter Wong Tung Shun



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