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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: "Sung LEE" <sleehk24@zing.vn>
Reply-To: sleehk24@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2014 06:09:10 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Dear Esteemed Colleague,




SUNG LEE
DAH SING BANK LTD
DES VOEUX RD.BRANCH,CENTRAL HONG KONG,
HONG KONG.

Dear Esteemed Colleague,

I am Mr.Sung LEE, Auditing and Account Credit Officer, Dah Sing Bank Ltd
(Hong Kong).

I hope this email find you in good health. In view of my correspondence
with you, I unassumingly solicit for your utmost consideration, as this
letter serves as my formal notice of my intent to go into a multinational
investment with you in your country.

In an open minded manner, I purposefully contact you to negotiate my
proposition for investment of multinational companies and industries with
you in your country,if you willingly accept my offer I shall provide you
with the relevant details for the investment funds and our procedures in
sequence and all other information to facilitate the remittance of the
funds will be revealed to you in due course.

For your assistance, you shall receive 25% of the funds to be transferred
and 10% will be set aside for all expenses incurred by both parties.

Kindly delete this e-mail if it does not suit your personal or business
ethics, as I will gladly appreciate.

Looking forward to you reply

Yours Faithfully
Mr.Sung LEE

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