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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. Edwin Peng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pedwin@yahoo.cn>
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 09:56:56 +0800
Subject: Your Kind attention

From Barr. Edwin Peng

Henry Zhuang & Partners

Pudong Nan Road, Pudong,

Shanghai 200120-China.

Hello Friend,

This is to let you know about my late client Mr. Miller Roberts A businessman whose relatives I cannot get in touch with after several attempts, he died without a will or leaving one as his next of kin to lay claim to his Estate and money deposited in one of the commercial banks here.. I am compelled to do this because I?¡¥m the personal financial consultant and the signatory to the account would not allow the bank to push this fund into the government treasury as unclaimed fund. Before his death, he had a domiciliary account valued ($8.2M) United State Dollars (USD) with a commercial bank here.

This proposal is written and intended to solicit your assistance to be presented as NEXT OF KIN to my Late Client since you are a foreigner as the law demands, only a foreigner can lay claims on this inheritance and get this fund transferred into his/her nominated account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything will be taken care of, All I require is your honest cooperation and trusts to enable us see this deal through within the next 14 business day as I have been given ultimatum of one month to provide the next of kin.

The Governing Body of the Bank has contacted me again on this matter and I am
yet to provide the Next of Kin to lay claims to the Fund. Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you for 40% of the fund for your commitment, I seek your consent to be presented as the next of Kin before the fund and property will get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank and pushed into the Government treasury. Please get in touch with me immediately through my personal email below to indicate your interests to enable us discuss more details and start the process without any further delays. Kindly include your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

Best regards
Edwin Peng

Email: pedwin@yahoo.cn

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