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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: "Po-Fung Chen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pofungchen@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 11:31:05 +0200
Subject: Trust Proposition

Mr.Po-Fung Chen
Dah Sing Bank
148 Des Voeux Road Central
HONG KONG.

Greetings,

I am Mr.Po-Fung Chen, Chief Executive Officer of Dah Sing Bank, (Hong Kong).I have a very sensitive and confidential brief for you I ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds Transfer.

In summary the funds would be done from my bank( Dah Sing Bank) and further to this other information to facilitate the remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due course and for your assistance, you shall receive 35% from the total sum transferred with your help.

I will appreciate if you can reply me via email.

I'm looking forward to it
Mr.Po-Fung Chen

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