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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: "Jan Yiu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jan1yiu@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 12:17:23 -0400
Subject: I Need Your Partnership

Good morning

I Need Your Partnership,

I am contacting you in this manner due to the necessity and urgency of this transaction. I am a manager of a bank in China and alsothe States financial adviser and account to a private investor who has a large deposit in my Bank.

The transaction deposit is $17.3 Million (17 million, three hundred thousand US dollars) The customer died without next of kin or will of testament. This is not a scam please!

Be assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and all the underground works be done properly to facilitate a smote transfer within the shortest period without any hitch.

As soon as I get a reply for your interest, I shall send you full details of this transaction and

Note: sharing will be equal (50%/50%).

For questions and clarifications, please contact me on my private mail.

Kind regards

Jan yiu
E-mail: jan1yiu@yahoo.cn

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