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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: "Mr. Edward Kong" <bsdghqsdgffqsdegdsgqsdgfqsf@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: "Mr. Edward Kong" <edwardkong543@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:05:42 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From the Desk of Mr. Edward Kong


 From the Desk of Mr. Edward KongVice President & Branch Manager:Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NAFlushing Branch39-02 Main StreetFlushing, NY 11354, USA
Dear friend,

I am Mr. Edward Kong, Vice President and branch manager ofIndustrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA), Flushing Branch;Flushing, New York, USA. I am writing to obtain your consent to carryout a transaction that would be highly beneficial to both of us. Iknow you may be wondering why I am contacting you for this despite allthe friends and relations that I have, but I decided to do this withan unknown person to avoid any form of blackmail in the future. Mr.Alvin Peter Kappelmann Jr. was an account holder with my bank. I washis account officer for 9 years prior to his death. He died during theWorld Trade Center bombing in September 11, 2001. Please confirm fromthis site:
http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/2632.html
Since his death, the management of my bank has made a series ofefforts to locate his family but all efforts were proved futile. Ialso performed research to find his family and was able to confirmthat his mother, who was the only surviving member of the family, diedat the hearing of his death. He was divorced prior to his death anddue to this fact no one was able to claim the funds he deposited in mybank legally because there was no will attached to it. He had a secretdollar account with my bank worth the sum of $58,200,000.00 (FiftyEight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with anaccrual interest agreement of 6.7%, which has been for in effect forthe past 9 years.

My purpose for contacting you now is this:

My bank during the last executive board meeting resolved that if bythe end of this year and there is no beneficiary to the said account,the account will be confiscated and the funds sent to the banktreasury, this is where I am interested in and want you to come in: Iwant you to present as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to this account. Ihave all the titled documents to confirm your claim and as the VicePresident and Manager of this branch, it is in my power to carry outany form of verification on the beneficiary of the said funds andprocess the fund wire without any problem. Be informed that it islegal, 100% risk free as all the titled documents will be changed toyour name, and the funds wired to any bank account you wish to have itwired to.

Please note that I am willing to let you have 40% of the total sumwhile you give me 60% when the fund is credited to your designatedbank account. Also, note that I am willing to go extra mile to makethis a success because if anything goes wrong, then I stand the riskof losing my job and possibly even going to jail for trying to carryout such a transaction. This is why I am contacting you so that we canput heads together and take care of this transaction within now andthe next 15 days.Kindly get back to me immediately at (edwardkong543@yahoo.co.uk) so that Iwill advice you on how this will be carried out.Sincerely,

Mr. Edward Kong

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