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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 Chuan Peng" <cpeng@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: cpeng62@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2013 16:27:15 +0200 (EET)
Subject: Hello!!!




Dear Friend,

I am Chuan Peng, Principal Assurance manager of a bank in China(name
withheld for now). I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of
Kevin Nichols and an investment placed under our banks management 12 years
ago.I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a
result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of
this communication. In 2000, the subject matter; Kevin came to our bank
to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He
informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 15.35 million United
States dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf.

Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and
made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued
profit and interest stood at this point at over 10 million United States
Dollars. In mid 2002, he instructed that the principal sum (15.35M) be
liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash
payments in Hong Kong and China. We got in touch with a specialist bank in
China, the Shenzhen Development Bank (SDB) who agreed to receive this
money for a fee and make cash available to him. However Shenzhen
Development Bank got in touch with us last year that this money has not
been claimed. On further enquiries we found out that he was involved in
an accident in Mainland China, which means he died intestate. He has no
next of kin.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will
be made the beneficiary of these funds. The SDB will contact you informing
you that money has been willed to you, On verification, which will be the
details I make available to my bank, my bank will instruct SDB to make
payments to you. You do not have to have known him. I know this might be a
bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your troubles I
propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle this
happens every time. The other option is that the money will revert back to
the state. Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us.
I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a Chinese National we see so much
cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep
communication for now strictly by the above email.

Please, again, I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to t
the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing
gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of
gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking
clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we
should act swiftly on this. Please pardon my writing mistakes. Please get
back to me immediately via email.

I await your response.
Chuan Peng.


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