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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: "Mrs.Hu Huimin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <huiminmrs.hu@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 07:21:17 +0800
Subject: Need your assistant

Compliment Of The Day,

I am Mrs. Hu Huimin, account officer of the local branch of Hang Seng Bank Ltd,Kow loon Branches,Hong Kong. Pardon me for disturbing your privacy.I am contacting you to know if i can trust you with this information.I hereby seek your services in helping me receive a large amount of money in giving a clear research and feasibility studies on areas i could invest.Your Advise is very crucial as per the investment of the funds and will be paid for.

I have carefully planned this out and all the necessary information will be passed accross upon your contact.I will prefer will contact each other via mail as i cannot acknowledge any phone call.Only contact me with this code:[HU:GD-001].Please kindly send me the following details:Your Full Names, Contact Address, Phone Number, Occupation, Sex if you are interested.I will provide you with further details once you contact me.Do reach me with this mail address:huiminmrs.hu@yahoo.com.hk

My Kind Regards,

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