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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: "test" <test@bheltry.co.in>
Reply-To: mr.tanwong11@qq.com
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 20:08:06 +0630
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I have urgent and confidential business proposition involving the approval and
transfer of $24,500,000.00 .Do reply via my email if interested for more details

Mr Tan Wong

BHEL Corporate Identity Number (CIN) L74899DL1964GOI004281.
DISCLAIMER for the Electronic Transmission Message- E-mail:

The information contained in this Electronic Transmission Message i.e. E-Mail and any attachments to this electronic message are intended for the exclusive use of the address(s) and may contain proprietary, confidential or privileged information. If you are not intended recipient, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. If you have received this message in error, you should destroy this message and may please notify the sender by email.

E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain virus in transmission. The E-mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator/sender of message or BHEL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this e-mail are solely those of the sender and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of BHEL or its affiliates. Intended recipients(s) may like to verify the information or intended meaning through alternate communication mechanism before taking action on the E-mail or its contents.

WARNING: Although the company has taken reasonable precaution to ensure no viruses are present in this email, the recipient should check this email and any attachments for the presence of virus. The sender of the mail or BHEL accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email.

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