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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: "WWW.LOTTERY.GOV.CN" <winner.information@lottery.gov.cn>
Reply-To: cmbnk.foreigndept@live.hk
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:43:43 +0400
Subject: ONLINE WINNER_BEL NU!!!




ONLINE WINNER_BEL NU!!!
LOTTERY.GOV.CN
From: Mrs Lanying Cheng(Lottery Co-ordinator)
The Netherland
Website: www.lottery.gov.cn


CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your e-mail address attached to international reference number: 9216572
with board number: 92587449 NL was awarded €1,000,000.00 (One Million
Euro) which was first in the first class of the draws.

For immediate release of your cash prize contact the foreign department of
our paying bank, call immediately, always quote your winning numbers
anytime you contact the bank for verification purposes.

Send the following informations to the e-mail address of the paying bank:

(i) Full name:
(ii) Tel/Fax:
(iii) Contact Address:
(iv) Your winning numbers: international reference number: 9216572, board
number: 97287449 NL
(v) Quote amount won: €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euro)
(vi) Notification date: 10th, August, 2012
(vii) Awarded E-mail address:


Contact person: Dr J. Brinks (International cashier)
OR
Secretary: Mrs Veronika A. Makhlouf (foreign department)
BANK: China Merchant Bank
E-mail: cmbnk.foreigndept@live.hk
Tel: +852 8120 9545
Country: Hong kong/China

Calling hours: Monday-Friday: Due to the huge time difference the bank
provided a department that works around the clock so contacting the
foreign department will be convinient.


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