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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: "Dr. Henry Cheng Kar-shun" <vendas@acofernet.com.br>
Reply-To: henrychengkar@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2015 17:03:21 +0100
Subject: Guten Tag!

Liebe Freunde,

Guten Tag, ich bin Dr. Henry Cheng Kar-meiden ein Direktor der Non unabhängige Non-Vorstand Hang Seng Bank Limited, Hongkong. Ich habe Fonds im Wert von $ 17,500.000.00 heimlich zu sichern (Transfer)
auf Ihr Konto in Ihrem Land aus unserer Schwesterbank zu unserem Nutzen.

Bitte, wenn Sie interessiert sind, mir zu helfen, zu tun und schreiben Sie mir für weitere Details. Hier ist meine E-Mail: henrychengkar@gmail.com

Grüße,
Dr. Henry Cheng Kar-Shun

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