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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: HANG-SENG-NANK-LTD-HONG-KONG <shenyi01@kangban.com.cn>
Reply-To: jhnabh@ymail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:29:46 +0100
Subject: THE CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP as the NEXT - OF - KIN TO this $25 - MILLION -
USD will be collected from PROBATE HIGH COURT in HONG KONG by my HIRED
PROBATE LAWYER. I want you to help me receive and secure the transfer of
this $25 MILLION - USD to a safe personal or business account. This $25
MILLION - USD has been in a suspense account in our bank for several years.
Our board of Directors had evn officially mandated me to search for the
deceased next of kin but all correspondences to the deceased last

THE CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP as the NEXT - OF - KIN TO this $25 - MILLION - USD will be collected from PROBATE HIGH COURT in HONG KONG by my HIRED PROBATE LAWYER. I want you to help me receive and secure the transfer of this $25 MILLION - USD to a safe personal or business account. This $25 MILLION - USD has been in a suspense account in our bank for several years. Our board of Directors had evn officially mandated me to search for the deceased next of kin but all correspondences to the deceased last known address came back undelivered.


The OWNER of this $25 MILLION - USD Died without a WILL. My HIRED PROBATE LAWYER has been to the PROBATE HIGH COURT OF HONG KONG to MAKE YOU the NEXT - OF - KIN, the BENEFICIARY that will receive this $25 - MILLION - USD into your bank account. You need to fill below form so that My HIRED PROBATE LAWYER will be able to fill all necessary DOCUMENTS with your information.

The deceased client died without a WILL. so I have to hire a PROBATE LAWYER who will use your FULL NAME, HOME/OFFICE ADDRESS AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION to process ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS NEEDED to transfer the inheritance sum of $25 - MILLION - USD from the paying bank to your nominated bank account.

My hired Probate Attorney has collected the following forms from the PROBATE COURT in Hong Kong on your behalf and he will fill them and submit the forms back to the PROBATE COURT so that ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTSNEEDED could be processed and released in your favour. The documents to be process at the probate high court for the purpose of this claim include:

1. Application for a Letter of Administration (without will)
2. Administrative Bonds (without will)
3. Justification of shorties (without will)
4. Oath of Administration (without will)

My hired Probate Attorney shall complete these four probate forms with your PERSONAL DATA as the beneficiary to this claim and submit the forms back to the probate court to commence the processing and documentation of ALL LEGAL DOCUMENTS NEEDED.

But before my PROBATE ATTORNEY could fill the forms for you, we need the following information from you. These information will enable the probate attorney fill the forms accurately on your behalf at the probate high court here in Hong Kong.

FILL THE BELOW FORM ACCURATELY:

1.Your name{s}in Full.......................... .........

2.Your contact Street address IN FULL....---------------------- ---------------

3.Your Age{How old are you}...?

4. Your private company or present employer's name and address.

5. Your private company or present employer's web-page{www....

6.Your present status{position}in your private company or present employment

7.Your Occupation{What do you do for a living..?

8.All of your contact telephone numbers-Office and Mobile{Cell}Phone numbers

9. Which area of business do you think is viable in your city/state/country ,that we can invest all or part of my share of this deal?

10.I am ready to send to you a copy of my Chinese international passport and work{bank}I.D ,just as a proof of who i am. But before i will send you these photo I.D's ,i will require that you send to me an e-mail that you are totally committed to this business and you are ready to keep it a secret, we will also require this commitment letter be sent to us by e-mail attachment. You know Hong Kong is a part of China, which is still a communist country, we do not enjoy total freedom here, so do not do anything that will hurt me.That informed the reasons why i decided against giving out my contact telephone numbers, as they are all connected through our switch board, and ALL conversations are recorded.
I WILL SEND YOU A DRAFT OF THIS LETTER OF COMMITMENT IN MY NEXT E-MAIL,PLEASE BE PATIENT WITH US.

11. A brief introduction of yourself/person?.We need to know more about you...........

12.What assurance/guarantees can you gives to us to assure us that you are capable of handling $38MILLION-USD, when it is finally transferred into your Bank account..?

13.Kindly let us know if you have done a business of this nature with any staff of our bank before now..? Or if you have ever being involved in a similar business anywhere else in the world..?

14.I am a VERY busy man, but in-case i decide to meet with you in a NEUTRAL country here in Asia or in Europe for a face to face meeting, can you AFFORD to buy yourself a flight ticket to meet with me in a five start hotel for 2 to 3 days for talks and also to know ourselves better BEFORE this money is paid into your bank account; CAN YOU AFFORD your own flight ticket, hotel accommodation,feeding, transportation and other miscellaneous expenses in a five Star hotel in a Top Asian or European country for 2 to 3 days....????

I am putting my TOTAL TRUST on you by this business offer and also that you will answer ALL the above questions/concerns with TOTAL HONESTY ,thereafter i will gladly give you more details about this proposal and also attached copies of my photo I.d's -A copy of my international passport and Work{Bank} I.D,and more details of how we will make this business to be successful within the shortest possible time. As usual, please be aware that this transaction is HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, so keep it to yourself for my security and safety here in Hong-Kong-Peoples Republic of China .

Finally, please be informed that with your total co-operation this business will be successfully concluded within two weeks, all things being equal also we assure you that this transaction is 100% safe and secured, but you are required to keep it HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL. SO SEND US AN E-MAIL NOW ANSWERING THE ABOVE QUESTIONS/CONCERNS from 1-15.THIS IS VERY URGENT.

Thanks.

Mr.Peter T.S.Wong{JP}
Hang Seng Bank Limited {Hong -Kong}
83 Des Voeux Road Central
Hong Kong SAR
Web Page:-www.hangseng.com
Private E-mail:-petertswonghk20@yahoo. com.hk
Direct Web Page{Site} Link:-http://www.hangseng.com/ e_about_us/tb_016.htm

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