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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: "Le" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <karinamdv@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:08:29 +0100
Subject: Your Attn,

Your Attn,

I am contacting you in respect of our late client and the investments he made in our asset management institution.

On the 20th of November 2003, our deceased client deposited the sum of Eight Millions United States Dollars under the portfolio management of our institution for 4 Years and the deposit matured on 20th of November 2007 with over 98% growth which amounts to a total of Fifteen Millions Eight Hundred and Fourty Thousand United States Dollars.

Our client passed away in December 2007 at the age of 81 at the time he was finalizing the divorce procedures of his 4 decade's long marriage. Our client did not state his next of kin or beneficiary to his huge estate because he was the only child of his parents and had no kids and all our efforts to locate his immediate family have been unsuccessful.

The main reason of contacting you is for you to stand in as a successor to the huge estate of our deceased client. I am guaranteeing you that this would be done under a legitimate arrangement that will protect all parties involved from any breach of the law if I can have your absolute trust and confidentiality.

If you find yourself able to work with me on this, get back with me for further details on how to proceed with Your Full Names, Your date and Place of Birth, Your private Telephone numbers and Profession. This information's must be forwarded strictly to the following email address for security reasons: karinamdv@aol.com

If you are not interested in my proposal, kindly delete this mail for security reasons and I will not contact you again.

Awaiting your urgent response.

Anh Tung

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