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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: ming mui <ming_mui04@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2014 16:09:33 +0000
Subject: PLEASE READ


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

Phone number: +19406040982

Dear Friend,

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 UN-official 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. Wiiliam Aucoin, 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 Wiiliam

Aucoin died on 28th June 2010 of prostate cancer at the Aventura Hospital and Medical

Center in Aventura,Florida. 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. Wiiliam Aucoin 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.

This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in, I want you to come in as a

relative of the deceased; do not bother that you are not in any way related to him because I

am in position to affix your name as the next of kin to the deceased and no one will

question it since I am the officer in charge of the account. I will give you the relevant

documents and contacts to file the application and then I will effect the approvals for the

transfer of the fund to your nominated bank account. I will be the one to provide the vital

documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle it.

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 70-30.that is I will have 70% while you will have 30%.

Kindly respond promptly so that I can advice you on what next to do.Please reply to this my

home email address: ming.mui92@yahoo.com
I will be waiting to hear from you.

Yours truly,

Ming Mui.

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





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