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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: "Black" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alfonsoblack001@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 18:24:43 -0000
Subject: BUSINESS SOLICITOR NEEDED.

Dearest Friend,
 
I am writing to you in respect of an embattled friend of mine, Mr. Bo Xilai. My name is Mr. Alfonso Black and I am a former Executive Director with the Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (London) Limited. The bank website is
 
http://www.icbcasia.com/
 
My friend Mr. Bo Xilai has presented a subtle offer to me which requires the help of a financially credible partner to complete successfully. Mr. Xilai is in a difficult situation with the Chinese government and he wants the sum of US$ 35.5M currently deposited with Commercial Bank of Kent, London. A subsidiary of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China retrieved immediately for investment placement. More so, the retrieval must be made in such a way that it must not be linked to him.
 
The fund is deposited in the name of an existing legal entity. Your role will be:
 
[1]. to retrieve the funds as the new beneficiary.
 
[2]. to receive the funds into a business or private bank account.
 
[3]. to invest and Manage the funds outside China.
 
 
The transaction will be executed with legal documents that will grant you the beneficiary status of the funds. If you wish to partner Mr. Xilai, respond to this mail and upon my receipt of your mail, I shall send you a "Consultant Non Disclosure Agreement" for you to go through and decide whether to proceed or not.
 
 
If you want to know more about Mr. Bo Xilai's current profiles, feel free to visit these sites:
 
http:www.cnn.com/2013/09/23/world/asia/china-bo-xilai/index.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-24170726
 
I look forward to your earliest response through this email.
 
 
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Alfonso Black

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