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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.sang Chin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.sangchin05@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 00:02:42 +0530
Subject: Proposte commerciali !!

Buona giornata,
Sto usando questo mezzo per informare della transazione per il trasferimento
di ($ 21,500.000) (Twenty-un milione e cinquecentomila dollari)
nella mia banca in Cina per voi come un ricevitore. Sarà sicuro al 100%, essendo la
responsabile finanziario del contatto customer.Please defunto
la mia email privato; (mr.sangchin05@gmail.com)
sotto per tutte le domande e ulteriori informazioni.

Cordiali saluti,
Mr.sang Chin
E_mail: mr.sangchin05@gmail.com

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