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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: chirst wong <wongchirst@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: chirst wong <mchristianaww@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:51:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Ms. Christiana Wong, Vice President & Branch Manager Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China.


Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.Brooklyn Branch 5714 8th AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11220, USAVice President & Branch Manager Ms. Christiana Wong

Greetings to you.
I am Ms. Christiana Wong, Vice President & Branch Manager Industrial and Commercial Bank of China. I am writing you about a business proposal that will be of an immense mutual benefit to both of us. In my department, I discovered a sum of $30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign deceased customers, a billionaire business mogul late Mr. Moises Saba Masri, a Jew from Mexico who was a victim of a helicopter crash on January 10th 2010, resulting to his death and his family members. Mr. Moises Saba Masri was 47-years-old. Also in the chopper at the time of the crash was his wife, their son Avraham (Albert) his daughter-in-law. The pilot was also dead.
You can get more information's as regards to the crash and the death of our late customer Mr. Moises Saba Masri on the website: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html

The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein. Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives. I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin/will beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $30,500,000.00 (Thirty Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.

1. Full Name:2. Country:3. Contact Address: 4. Phone/Mobile numbers:5. Sex/Age:  6. Marital Status:7. Occupation/Job title:8. Next of Kin:
Upon your confirmation of this message with these information and indicating your interest, I shall provide you with more details and relevant documents that will back up and legalize them in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary of the funds to enable the bank release the fund to your a/c without delay.
All I require now is your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, 
Looking forward to your swift response.
Best regards,
Ms. Christiana Wong


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