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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: "Nong" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrnong01@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:06:38 +0700
Subject: FROM NONG LEE

Dear Friend,

My Name is Nong Lee, a marketing manager with a Singapore Bank in Cambodia. I’m inviting you to finalize a business transaction with me in my bank that has to do with an unfinished business transaction, involving a client of ours that has been outstanding for a while due to the passing away of this client whose name relates to yours in our database.

My client a dedicated Christian, believers in the word and act until their death believed God for a child but they never had any or known sibling. Whilst in my country they invested in Real Estate which became a boom sector when the reconstruction of my country after decades of conflict took off in the early 90's.

Before their death, the husband bequeathed their wealth in the hands of an attorney and to be channeled to God's work or any humanitarian endeavor. But instead of giving the fund out for the work of God as instructed initially by the owners, the attorney fraudulently left the fund in my bank for his personal use with an eye for investment abroad for his own benefits, against the ultimate wishes of the original owners. But as faith will have it unfortunately, the attorney died without carrying out this
wish. As it is now, I'm the only one that have this knowledge of this matter as the fund lies unused in my bank. The amount involved is US$12.7 million

As a new convert, I have found faith and realized that it is my duty to fulfill the wish of the account owners and channel the funds into the Lord's ministry work or for Charity as instructed by the owner before his death. My choice to contact you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live and your excellent profile. So if you know that you will use this fund honestly and wisely for the things that will glorify God's name, then do urgently contact me back first through this mail and the details will be given to you on how you will be able to receive the fund in your country.

Your prompt response will be highly appreciated as I await to facilitate this project.

Yours Sincerely,

Nong Lee

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