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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: Chan Lee liu <chan.leeliujj@live.com>
Reply-To: <chan.leeliu@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2014 04:41:07 -0700
Subject: My Dear Friend

Dear Friend,


I know you will be surprise to read my email I got your contact from your Country email domain Directory, apart from being surprise you may be skeptical to reply back to me because based on what is going on in the internet world one has to be very careful because a lot of scammer are out there to scam innocent citizen and this has made it very difficult for people to believe anything that comes through the internet but this is a different case

If you willing to show me your Trust and Honestly i think i will be able to work with you. To make this clear to you i will cover the expense from my side before the funds leaves to your country.

My name is Chan Lee Liu, solicitor based in United Kingdom.Please See this site yourself for reference before we proceed,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Mr Kurt Kahle is my client before this accident happened.

All i need from you is to get back to me with trust and honestly that you will be able to received this fund that my late client leave behind.

Once i received a reply from you i will send you a Detail mail explaining to you what we need to do.

This transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential,I assure you that this is a risk-free business.A swift acknowledgement of the receipt of this mail would be appreciated, while I await your prompt response.



My email is chan.leeliu@qq.com
Please contact me to indicate your interest with the information information.

1. FULL NAME
2. DELIVERY ADDRESS
3. OCCUPATION
4. PERSONAL DIRECT CELL PHONE
5. AGE


Sincere Regards,

Chan Lee liu. (Solicitor at Law}

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