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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 chin sang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chinsang17@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2015 08:28:37 +0100
Subject: Ich warte auf Ihre dringende Antwort

Ich warte auf Ihre dringende Antwort

 

          Jeg bruger dette medie til at informere dig om transaktionen for overførsel på $ 21500000 (Twenty-en million fem hundrede tusinde dollars) i min bank i Kina til dig som en modtager. Det vil være 100% sikker, er den finansielle officer af den afdøde kunden.

 

          Kontakt venligst på min private e-mail nedenfor for eventuelle spørgsmål og yderligere information.

 

          Med venlig hilsen

 

          sang Chin

          e-post: chinsang17@gmail.com

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