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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: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 23:12:52 +0000
Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION ENCLOSED.


I am Mr Chen Yaoming, Director Credit & Marketing, Philippine National Bank. I have a business proposal for you worth over Nine Million United States Dollars, ($9Million) I am looking for a credible person to trust, who would stand as an Investor to receive the funds as Tenure Investment Proceeds.
I cannot give full details at the moment, for security reasons unless you are interested and if you are, please send to me your full names, address and Telephone numbers, so that i can contact you and start up all necessary procedures. You can please reply via my Private email at chenyaoming2013@zhot.net.

Kind regards,
Mr Chen Yaoming

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