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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: "Mui Ming" <muifile@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 07 May 2014 03:29:53 -0700
Subject: DEAR FRIEND - PARTNERSHIP REQUEST.


Mr. Ming Mui
Vice President & Branch Manager
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY.
Canal Street Main Branch
G/F, 202 Canal Street,
New York, NY 10013, USA

Dear Friend

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 for this purpose. However, this correspondence is
un-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.

I am Mr. Ming Mui, Vice President & Branch Manager,
Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY, Canal Street Main Branch,
New York,
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
(Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY) in a recent meeting
recommended
that the account of late Mr. Wiiliam Aucoin, who was one of
my branch
depositor, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the
depositor's
fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to U.S.A Banking
and
financial law. Late William Aucoin died on 28th June 2010 of
prostate
cancer at the Aventura Hospital and Medical Center in
Aventura,Florida. 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. Wiiliam Aucoin was an account holder in my branch;
he owns a
dollar account with a huge sum of money deposited in a
Secret account
with my 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 all the documents for the deposit with me as his
account
officer and financial advisor.

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 am the officer in charge of the account. I will
give you
the relevant documents and contacts to file the application
and then I
will effect the approvals for the transfer of the fund to
your
nominated bank account. I will be the one to provide the
vital
documents for the claims of the money and then advise you
exactly how
we should handle it.

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
nominated bank account, we shall share the money 70-30.that
is I will
have 70% while you will have 30%.

Kindly respond promptly so that I can advice you on what
next to do.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Yours truly,

Ming Mui.
Vice President & Branch Manager,
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY.

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