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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: "Mrs. Serena Wong" <yrteqw@sapo.pt>
Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 01:18:48 +0000
Subject: Enquiries


Dear: Friend,

It is understandable that you might be a little bit apprehensive because
you do not know me. I am Serena Wong a family woman who has three kids and
an executive husband at home and boasts over 20 years' experience working
in the banking industry:=C2=A0 I work with Standard Chartered Bank (Hong Ko=
ng)
Private and Account Officer to my late client ( Late Mr Mahfouz Yassin
al-Abadi) Iraqi nationality, who died when the united states invaded iraq
in 2003. (Mahfouz Yassin al-Abadi) was killed along with his wife and two
children in a coalition air strike in Fallujah, Iraq. Late Mahfouz Yassin
al-Abadi, was a crude oil merchant and a successful and accomplished family
man, who made enough fortune before his untimely death.

My late client, Late Mahfouz Yassin al-Abadi has a deposit Bank Account
valued at US$20,500,000.00 (Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars).only in my branch. During the war several notices was sent
to him, and after the war, eleven years now (2003). Another notification
was sent and still no response came from him. Since I was mandated by my
bank as his account officer to locate his next of kin or family member as
to claim the fund in our bank. I had made several inquiries through his
Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relative but this exercise has
proved unsuccessful. I later found out that Mahfouz Yassin al-Abadi and his
family had been killed in Iraq "at the beginning of the war, by coalition
air strike that hit their home at Fallujah where his personal oil well was.

Since his death, none of his relations has come forward to lay claims to
this money as the heir. After further investigation it was also discovered
that Mahfouz Yassin al-Abadi did not declare any next of kin in his
official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also
confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew
of his deposit in my bank. The Sum of Twenty Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come
forward to claim it. What bothers me is that according to the laws of my
country at the expiration 12 years six months the funds will revert to the
ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

The board of directors of our bank adopted a resolution and I was mandated
to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within 20 working
days. The bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone
applies for claim as the next of kin to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guidelines. I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next
of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out
by me for the fund (US$20,500,000.00) to be released in your favor as the
beneficiary's next of kin. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in
acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the
following; via this email.( mrsserenaw@excite.com )

Full Name:
Your country:
Your
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Occupation:

These requirements will enable us file a letter of application form for the
claim. I shall be compensating you with 50% on final conclusion of this
project, while 50% will be for me. Your share stays with you while my own
share shall be for investment purposes in your country. If this proposal is
acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed
in you.

However something that I must point out to you at this stage is that there
is no wrong on your part. At the end of the day it is the Standard
Chartered Bank that will be contacting you to inform you that money has
been left for you by Mahfouz Yassin al-Abadi. You are not making the
contact with the bank so you are doing absolutely nothing wrong or taking
any risk. At this stage I will need you to provide me with your full names
as documented and the address to the house you lived within the period of
January 2004. The lawyer is going to use the information in preparing the
legal documents in your name. My friend please let us be positive and show
discretion as we all make one of the most fruitful steps of our lives.

Thanks for your understanding, while I expect your urgent reply.

Respectfully yours
Mrs. Serena Wong

Please contact me via this email. ( mrsserenaw@excite.com )

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