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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: "YUHSIU" <YUHSIU@kbronet.com.tw>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 19:54:24 +0800
Subject: Reply to me through email : burgerjohansen@yahoo.com.hk

My Dear Friend,

Please classified this mail and the information contained therein that I am about to reveal to
you can either destroy me, ruin my professional career or make me depending on how you receive and
take it. Please, I need you to read it attentively to know the reason and purpose why you received
this mail from me, I didn't come to you by chance nor by accident, I have come to you because your
names has planted you in the centre of relevant in my life and my professional career as a banker
at this very moment, but before I go further I will like to introduce myself to you.

I am Dr Robert Ehis, a Fund Manager with Halifax Bank Plc and I handle all our Investor's capital
Project Funds which enables me to divert 1.2 Percent Investors Excess Return Capital Funds to our
Magellan Trust Funds Account whereby anyone with a surname as you can be presented to claim the
funds. On this note, the total sum of Eighteen million seven hundred thousand united states of
America Dollars ( $18.7) has been diverted representing the 1.2 Percent Excess Return Capital
Funds
from the Investor Capital Project Funds for 2006/2007. I need a reliable and trustworthy person
that can work this deal out with me so that we can claim the funds as mentioned above. There is no
risk attached and the funds in question can never be detected or traced. Our sharing ratio is
60:40. (60 for me 40 for you).

If you are interested, please reply and send your direct telephone numbers to me for a smooth
discussion of this transaction in further details.

But if you are not interested or see this mail as a scam or hoax simply delete it and forget I
ever
contacted you. If after 72 hours I don't hear from you I will assume you are not interested, and
then I will proceed to look for someone else with the surname as you that might be interested to
work with me, I need this project finalize and the money remitted into your bank account for us to
share.

This is a clean and straight forward bank deal, it is safe and risk-free, as I have taken
care of all necessary steps to ensure a hitch-free movement.
If you are willing to continue with me, please send me your Full name, Address , Telephone Number
and occupation.

May God bless you.

Reply to me through email : burgerjohansen@yahoo.com.hk


Yours Sincerely,

Dr Robert Ehis


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