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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: "Mr. David Kim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <faxroom2@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 09:35:02 -0800
Subject: Re TRANSFER OF $12.5M FOR INVESTMENT

From David Kim
Chief Accounting Officer
Department of Foreign Exchange control
Ministry of Finance Beijing
People Republic of China.(PRC)
Email: faxroom2@gmail.com
 
Re TRANSFER OF $12.5M FOR INVESTMENT.
 
MY NAME IS DAVID KIM. I AM A DIRECTOR WITH CHINA MINISTRY OF FINANCE.I NEED URGENT ASSIST FROM YOU TO RECEIVE THIS AMOUNT $12.5M WHICH ACCRUED AS INTEREST FROM A BLOCKED FUNDS WHICH WILL BE USED FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY. THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED FROM BANK OF CHINA WITHIN 7 BANKING DAYS I RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE BECAUSE THE FUNDS HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED IN THE WIRE TRANSFER DATA BASE OF BANK OF CHINA FOR TRANSFER. IF YOU ARE READY TO PARTNER WITH ME, CONTACT ME ON MY EMAIL TO FINALIZE DISCUSSION IMMEDIATELY CONCERNING THE TRANSFER WHICH WILL BE DONE WITHIN 7 DAYS. WE HAVE ONLY A VERY SHORT TIME TO DO THIS DEAL OTHERWISE THE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE LOST.
 
PLS KINDLY KEEP THIS TOPIC VERY CONFIDENTIAL.
 
I LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
 
DAVID KIM
MINISTRY OF FINANCE BEIJING CHINA

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