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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. Ming Mui." <ddchris48@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: mrmingmui56@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2013 06:47:22 -0500
Subject: (Late Mr. Roman Blum) Heirs, declare your interest



Mr. Ming Mui
Vice President & Branch Manager
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Canal Street Main Branch
G/F, 202 Canal Street,
New York, NY 10013, USA

My Dear Friend & Confidant,



Seeing this email message would be a surprise to you but kindly read
it carefully and you will understand the reason why I am contacting
you for this purpose. However, this correspondence is unofficial and
private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that
this transaction is hitch free from all what you may think of.



I am Mr. Ming Mui, Vice President & Branch Manager, Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY, Canal Street Main Branch, New York,
and I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will
be attached to this transaction. The Management and the Legal
department of our bank (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA)
NY) in a recent meeting recommended that the account of late Mr. Roman
Blum , who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dormant,
confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury
according to U.S.A Banking and financial law. Late Roman Blum died
last year at the age 97, The bank having made several efforts to
contact any of his relatives to claim this money but without success
decided to confiscate the fund and declare it public fund.

Late Mr. Roman Blum was an account holder in my branch; he owns a
dollar account with a huge sum of money deposited in a Secret account
with my branch. In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the
account holder nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim of
this fund, this is because he has the account as a secret account thus
he left all the documents for the deposit with me as his account
officer and financial adviser.


My Late Customer was a Holocaust survivor who passed away last year
leaving a large estate behind here in the USA where he resided
permanently until his death.

Please this check this link for more info
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/nyregion/holocaust-survivor-left-an-estate-worth-almost-40-million-but-no-heirs.html?_r=0

My customer had no known relatives. I am contacting you to act as a
beneficiary to a deposit made with a private Investment Firm by my
customer amounting to Millions


Please include your telephone number when replying this mail so I can
call to give you more information as soon as you indicate your
willingness to assist in this transaction. The whole Procedures will
last only 9 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully
without trace even in future. After the transfer of the money to your
nominated bank account, we shall share the money 60-40.that is I will
have 60% while you will have 40%.



Kindly respond promptly so that I can advice you on what next to do.

I will be waiting to hear from you so that i can give you more details
about his death and this transaction.



Yours truly,

Mr. Ming Mui.
Vice President & Branch Manager,
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY.

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