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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: SCOTT MARSHALL <jocpete@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <scottmarshall@Safe-mail.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:21:31 +0000
Subject: FROM MR. TANG CHENG OF CHINA MERCHANTS BANK.


Mr. Tang Cheng
Foreign Remittance Manager
China Merchants Bank
49/F. China Merchants Bank Tower
No. 7088 Shennan Boulevard
Shenzhen, P.R.China

Dear Friend,

I am Scott Marshall.I was secretly directed by Mr.Tang Cheng to send this confidential email to you.

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 on Mr. Tang Cheng's behalf. However, this correspondence is in-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.

Now read from Mr. Tang Cheng: "I am Mr. Tang Cheng, Foreign Remittance Manager of China Merchants Bank,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 (China Merchants Bank) in a recent meeting recommended that the account of late Mr. William Aucoin,a foreigner who was an entrepreneur in the Iron & Steel industry in China and a huge depositor in our bank, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to Chinese Banking and financial law. Late William Aucoin died on May 12, 2008 following the Sichuan earthquake in China that killed 87,587 people.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. William Aucoin was an account holder in Sichuan branch of China Merchants Bank; he owns a dollar account with a huge sum of money from proceeds of his Iron & Steel business deposited in a Secret account with the 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 the Fund Deposit Certificate document with me as his 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 was his financial adviser in charge of the account. I will send you a photocopy of his Fund Deposit Certificate for your records and then present the original copy of his Fund Deposit Certificate to the Management of our bank on your behalf if you agree to this deal.Then me and you upon your cooperation shall team up financially to secure A NON-RESIDENT PERMIT CERTIFICATE for you from the Chinese Interior Ministry as his supposed next of kin and A LEGAL AUTHORIZATION from the Chinese High Court that will all effect the approval by our bank and the Chinese Government for the transfer of the funds to your designated bank account in your country.But it should be done secretly in order not to let my bank know that i have interest over the transfer of the funds.

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
designated bank account, we shall share the money 60-40.that is I will
have 60% while you will have 40%."

Kindly respond promptly with your complete information so that I can advice you on how you will immediately get across to Mr. Tang Cheng who will assist you for the transfer of the money out from the bank to your designated account:

1.Your Full Names.................
2.Contact Address and Country...........................
3.Mobile Telephone number..........................
4.Name of your Company/Firm if any..............................
5.Contact address of your Company/Firm if any and country of origin................................
6.Occupation & Position in office.................
7 .Your International Passport copy/Driver's License-- scanned and send via email attachment.........................
8.Date of Birth[DOB]............................
9.Sex............................................



Please reply to this my home email address: scottmarshall@Safe-mail.net

I will be waiting to hear from you and pass your feedback across to Mr. Tang Cheng.

Yours truly,

Scott Marshall For:

Mr. Tang Cheng
Foreign Remittance Manager,
China Merchants Bank.

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