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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: "maochann74" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <m.chann999@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 03:57:35 +0700
Subject: Greetings From Mao

Hello sir/ Madam,

I decided to contact you after I have considered and thought about this proposal, therefore I realized that it will be of mutual benefit to both of us.You might not know me in person, however, I got your contact from your country directory while I was surfing the net to get my late client next of kin but all my endeavor was without success. I will also like to ask for
your permission before intruding into your privacy.

I am Mr. Mao chan, an accounting manager of deceased client who died and left some millions in my branch.When he deposited the fund, he did not include any name as his next of kin. Since he died, his account has been dormant, so no one has come forward to claim this fund. My main reasons for contacting you is simply, I want you to stand as his next of kin as well as his business partner.

I have the full right to present anyone to my bank as his next of kin since I am his accounting manager and I have every documents to back up the claim if only you will listen to me and work accordingly to my instruction, the sky will be our limit. What I am demanding from you, is utmost trust and secrecy in this deal because of my personality in the bank

Lastly, I will tell you the total amount involve in my next mail and hint you on the due procedures to follow in my next mail when I get your interest and feedback then we commence with this project. Here is my private email address:

Best Regards,
Mr. Mao chan

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