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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: "David Chen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidchen10155@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 12:06:22 -0600
Subject: Earn extra income working from home

GUANGZHOU INSTITUTES OF BIOMEDICINE AND HEALTH, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
190 Kai Yuan Avenue, Science Park, Guangzhou, China.
 
Hello,
 
The Guangzhou Institutes of Biomedicine and Health (GIBH) China is a young scientific institute established in 2003 by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in partnership with the City of Guangzhou and Guangdong Province. Our mission at GIBH is to serve the citizens of China and the world by integrating the biological and chemical sciences for the improvement of human health. We have been researching into possible ways to create Immunity to the HIV Virus, so far this research has made significant progress and contributions to our understanding of immunity to this infection. Our center for Infection and Immunity mainly targets the major global infectious diseases: AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and hepatitis C. Center is focused on the study of disease etiology (HIV, TB, malaria parasite and HCV), pathogenic mechanism and immunology, in an effort to develop innovative vaccines and new therapeutic medications. A distinctive characteristic of Center is exploration of co-infection and interac
   
 
Center for Infection and Immunity consists of five labs: Pathogen Biology Lab, Immunological Biology Lab, Viral Immunology Lab, Vaccine and Biological Pharmaceutics’ Lab, and Bacteriology Lab. Three more labs including Molecular Immunology Lab, Tuberculosis Lab and AIDS Lab are currently being established.  
 
 
This institute is dedicated to developing itself into an international first-class institution with a major role in undertaking national and foreign vital issues when needed, such as dealing with urgent and large-scale epidemics in the world.   
 
 
We expect that our Center will become a leading research facility targeting the major global infectious diseases: AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and hepatitis C. Center will be expected to quickly respond and organize joint efforts to tackle national or regional epidemic emergencies, such as outbreaks of emerging infectious diseases.
 
We have donors who have been making generous donations to our Institute for the development of this research. Due to intensive research work, lack of available time and different forms of donations, from our American , Canadian and European donors , we hereby need a collector in your country who would act as our representative, collecting payments on our behalf.
 
 
Job Specifics:
 
 
1. Collection of Donations / Payments
2. Cashing of Donations / Payments
3. Deduction of commission 10% per donation/payment received
4. Sending cashed donation/payments to the institute following Our Instruction.
5. Keeping Record of each donation / payment received and sent.
 
 
 
Note that your commission for being our representative is 10% per payment received and cashed. If you are interested in working with us to achieve this goal, please reply specifically to (davidchen10155@gmail.com ) with the following details below:-
 
Full Names:
Address:
City:
State:
Zip code:
Country:
Age:
Present Occupation:
Telephone(s):
Question (Have you done this before): YES / NO
 
After two months of working with us, you would be invited on an all expense paid trip to our Institute to see the progress of our Research. Thank you very much.
 
 
Regards,
David Chen.

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