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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. Lai Baek" <branch@fisbnk.com>
Reply-To: Lai_baek@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:00:20 -0800
Subject: Important Business



Dear Friend,


My name is Mr. Lai Baek, the branch Manager of Finance House Limited, (Asian
Office), am as well an account officer to a deceased customer of our
Firm, that
shares a part of similar name as yours , who died on November 16th 2006
according to the information received in our Firm.

The account of the deceased worth the sum of US$7.3 million with us has been
unclaimed due to unavailability of next of kin/relatives to claim the fund. In
accordance with the es-cheat laws in this Country, the Board of
Directors of the
Firm met forth night ago and resolved to turn the fund of the deceased over to
Government pause having waited for too long without the deceased
relatives/next
of kin surfacing and if this is done, invariably, the funds will end up to
become Government property and it is as a result of this that am moved to
contact you considering the fact that you share almost the same name with the
deceased.

In view of this, am seeking your cooperation and understanding to stand as the
deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before the
period given
by the bank elapse. If you are interested and in agreement with me,
get back to
me quickly and I will send to you all the information you may need to proceed
and be rest assured that it is risk free project and the proceed/fund will be
shared 60% me -40% you once the fund are expatriated into your account
anywhere
in the world.

Do not fail to get back to me as soon as you have receive this mail
right now to
enable us discuss further, with your telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication and oral discussion. If you are not interested in giving this
profitable assistance. You can Delete it or Could you please contact
me by email
address or by phone for more information thanks.

I await your prompt response immediately.

Best Regards.

Mr. Lai Baek
E_MAIL: Lai_baek@hotmail.com
Tel: +8558527471




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