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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: "Mr Edwin Meng" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <meng.edwn@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2013 01:55:50 +0700
Subject: From Mr Edwin,

Dear Friend,

I apologize if the contents here under are contrary to your moral ethics, but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.
With due regards, my name is Mr. Meng Edwin, the business manager of auditing and accounting department with a prime financial corporation here in South East Asia.

There is a draft account opened with our corporation in January 1st 2006 by a long-time client of mine whom i am his direct account officer, he was a CEO/a textile company owner, business man, a miner at Kruger mining company here in my Country, before he passed away on the November 16th 2007 by car accident which includes his wife and two children along leaving nobody as the representative to his account after his death.

The amount in this account is currently $28, 625, 370.00. I want to present you as the representative also I will use my position and influence in our firm to make sure the firm releases fund to you for us to share.

Kindly get back to me for more details/identification.

Thanks,
Mr Edwin Meng.

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