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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 Tang Cheung Ru <wbmarketing@wb.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: cheungtangru@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:32:15 -0800
Subject: Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.



Dear Friend,


Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr Tang Cheung Ru, one of the
director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd HongKong (Retired).I
have an obscured business suggestion for you. Before the U.S and Iraqi
war our
client Major Fadi Basem who was with the Iraqi forces and also
businessman, made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months,
with a value of( 16 million, United State dollars ) only in my
branch.Upon
maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the war which
began in 2003. Again after the war another notification was sent and
still no response came from him. We later found out that the General
along with his
wife and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast
that hit their home. After further investigation it was also
discovered that Major Fadi Basem did not declare any next of kin in
his official papers
including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in
me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his
deposit in my bank. So,( 16 million, United State dollars ) is still
lying
in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers
me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration
11 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong
Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to
you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin
to Major Fadi Basem so that you will be able to receive his funds.

MODALITIES:

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we
shall come out successful. I have an attorney that will prepare the
necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Major
Fadi Basem, all
that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with
your Full Names so that the attorney can commence his job. After you
have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for
claims on your
behalf and secure the necessary approval and of probate in your favour
for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by
you.There is no risk involved at all in this matter, as we are going
to adopt a
legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary
documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters
concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your
nominated bank account we shall then share in the ratio of 55% for me,
45% for you. Should you be interested please send me your, 1,Full
names,2,private phone number, 3,current residential address, your age,
And finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this
operation and it is going to be successful.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.


Regards,
Mr Tang Cheung Ru.

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