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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 Soo Won Lee <mrsoowoonlee@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:02:35 +0100
Subject: Business Detaile



Dear Friend,

Let me start by introducing my self, I am Soo Won Lee, Portfolio
Manager for the Nanyang Commercial Bank in China, I am getting in
touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased client with an
investment placed under our banks management 7 years ago.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by
as a result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is
informed of this communication.In 2004, the subject matter; first name
Harrison, then his last name Morgan, came to our bank to engage in
business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us
that he had a financial portfolio of 37.363 million United States
dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf.

Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and
made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued
profit and interest stood at this point at over 40 million United
States Dollars. In mid 2004, he instructed that the principal sum
($37.363M) be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent
investment requiring cash payments in Hong Kong. We got in touch with
a specialist bank in Hong Kong the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) who
agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to
Harrison. However Standard Chartered Bank got in touch with us last
year that this money has not been claimed. On further enquiries we
found out that Harrison died of a heart attack in Malaysia, which
means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the reason I am
writing you.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you
will be made the beneficiary of these funds. My bank will contact you
informing you that money has been willed to you. On verification,
which will be the details I make available to my bank, my bank will
instruct SCB to make payments to you. You do not have to have known
him. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on
this. For all your troubles I propose that we split the money in two
equal half. The other option is that the money will revert back to the
state.

Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us.I hold
the KEY to these funds, and as a Chinese National we see so much cash
and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep
communication for now strictly by the above email and also by
telephone and fax numbers which I will send to you in my next
communication even though my spoken English is not so good. Please,
again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children. I send you
this mail not without a measure of fear as to the consequences, but I
know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that
success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is
the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not
betray my confidence.

If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this. Please
pardon my writing mistakes.

Please get back to me immediately and let me know if you are ready to
move ahead with this transaction so i can provide you with more
details on how we will receive the funds.


I await your response.

Mr Soo Won Lee


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