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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: "Mr. Sammy Kwok" <skwokicbc@inbox.lv>
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 05:36:34 -0700
Subject: Vice President & Branch Manager

Mr. Sammy Kwok
Vice President & Branch Manager
Temple City Branch
5773 Rosemead Boulevard,
Temple City, CA 91780, USA


Greetings,
I sincerely appreciate your prompt response to my message to
you and I want to thank you for granting me the opportunity
to present to you this once in a life time opportunity.
However, this correspondence is un-official and private just
like I stated in my first email to you, 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. Sammy Kwok, Vice President and Branch Manager,
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, (ICBC) Temple City
Branch California USA. I am contacting you based on trust
and confidentiality that will be attached to this
transaction so kindly keep this a secret even if you decides
not to get involved with this. The Management and the Legal
department of my Bank, (ICBC) in a recent meeting
recommended that the account of LATE ROMAN BLUM, who was one
of my branch major depositors, should be declared Dormant,
confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank
Treasury according to American Banking and financial law.
He died in January 2012 at the age of 97 years leaving no
heir to this account. The bank has made series of efforts to
contact any of the relatives to claim this money but all to
no avail, you can confirm through this site:

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/34142-roman-blum-no-heirs-to-receive-40-milli...

OR

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/28/nyregion/holocaust-survivor-left-an-estate-...

LATE ROMAN BLUM own an account in my branch; he owns a
dollar account with the sum of US$68.2M (Sixty Eight
Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only)
deposited in a Secret account with my branch. In fact,
since his death, no next of kin to the account holder nor
any relative of his have shown up for the claim, this is
because he has the account as a secret account thus he left
all the documents for the deposit with me. This is where I
am interested and where I want you to come in. I want you to
come in as the relation of the deceased; I will give you the
relevant documents and contacts to file the application and
then 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 funds and then
advise you exactly how we should handle it.
This may look difficult or impossible to you but I assure
you that I will make this work without difficulties. All I
need is your consent to carry out the transaction and we
shall celebrate in a very short while.
Should you be interested in this, kindly include your
telephone/fax number/ Home address when responding to this
proposal to enable me give you more information on how to
proceed. We will use my position to get all internal
documentations to back up the claims. Do not be bothered
that you are not in any way related to him as I am in
position to affix your name as the next of kin.

The whole procedures will last only 9 banking days to get
the fund retrieved successfully without trace in future.
After the transfer of the money we shall share the money
60-40. That is I will have 60% while you will have 40%.
Kindly respond promptly so that I can advice you on the next
step to follow.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Yours truly,
Mr. Sammy Kwok
Vice President & Branch Manager
Temple City Branch

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