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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: "Mr.Wu Chang" <wuchang@sdbank.com>
Reply-To: wu_chang1@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:29:49 +0600 (YEKST)
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL..





Please pardon me, as I am aware that this is not a conventional way of
relaying massages such as this. I also had to hire the services of an
English translator, to put this mail into writing, so please forgive my
English where i do not write well.

My name is Wu Chang, Principal Assurance Manager for the Agricultural Bank
in China ,where I manage Private investments, as a matter of fact, I have
been in charge if this duty for many than 14 years now.

My motive for writing this mail to you, is to inform you of a bond
investment in the sum of $22,M.(Twenty two million Dollars)made by a
client who gave us instructions in 2004 to have the principal sum
transferred to Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) also in Hong Kong. We got
in touch with the Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) who agreed to receive
this bond for a fee and make cash available to him. However, surprisingly
Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) got in touch with us last year that this
money has not been claimed.

On further enquiries it has been discovered that our client, has been late
for quite a while now, have also monitored his remaining investment since
this discovery, yet no one has come up for a claim till date.

Also as a result of this, I carried out further investigation where I
discovered that he left his next of kin column blank on our mandate form.
What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will
be made the beneficiary of these funds. After all due protocols has been
observed, 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 Dahsing Bank 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 half. In the banking circle this happens every time.
Otherwise, 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.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and Beneficiary of my named client, so that the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you, After which we will then share the
proceed mutually as proposed,50-50. All legal documents required to back
up your claim, as my client's next-of-kin will be provided by me.

Please be informed that i will be involved in the claims verification
panel of Schenzhen Development bank,during your claim process therefore,
your interest will be well protected by me.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement,
that will protect you from any breach of the Law .Do not betray my
confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this.

Please pardon my writing mistakes, while i expect you get back to me
immediately via confidential email address so as to enable me provide you
with more details. I await your soonest response, after which I will
furnish you with the further way to go. Please forgive me for my English
language when we speak on telephone, It is very not fluent while speaking.

wu_chang@yahoo.co.uk




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