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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: Fang wong <fang.wong4@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 22:02:29 +0000
Subject: I look forward to your earliest response


Dear,
I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity to you,to transfer to youroverseas account,sum of($10,123.000.00 USD) Ten million one hundred and twentythree thousand United States Dollars) from one of the Prime Banks here inKuala Lumpur Malaysia.
I am Mr Fang Wong (Bsc,Msc) the Auditor General of one of the prime bankshere in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, during the course of our auditing , Idiscovered a floating funds in an account opened in our bank since 1982 andtill date no body has operated on the account and after going through oldfiles in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died long agoin a plane crash along with his family without leaving a [Heir/WILL], hencethe floating of the funds and if I do not remit this money out urgently itwill be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of the account was a foreigner , Engr.Khalifa T.Ibrahim, an estateconsultant .Therefore ,with a personal conviction of trust and confidence ,I wish tocontact you as a foreigner, to stand as a relative , thus I can work out therelease of the funds , No other person in the office knows about the account ,please be assured of the risk free , I'm the one that will work it out , all Ineed is your cooperation because the account content can not be approved to anindigen here as his next of kin . At the conclusion of this project, I proposea joint investment of an equal partnership to you or we may share it in aratio of 40% for you and 60% for me.
One more thing please; I beg you don't consider this against moraljustification , they are many other aspects of life we may contribute withthis funds to help the less privileged and the needy in a society than havingit shared as an unclaimed bill among Government.
I look forward to your earliest responseYours TrulyMr Fang Wong
NOTE: YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR SECURITY REASONS(fang.wong4@hotmail.com

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