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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: "Fu Zhongjun" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fuzhongjun@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Mon, 11 May 2015 18:34:40 -0300
Subject: I NEED YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION ON MY PROPOSAL

I am Executive Director, from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). I have a mutual business
proposal, which relates to the transfer of a large sum of money to a foreign account, with your help as a foreign
partner, as the recipient of the funds. Everything about this transaction will be done legally without problems
with any financial authority. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters relating to this issue. If
you are interested, please reply back via my private email address written below, and I will give you more
information about myself and the project as soon as I receive your positive response.

Private email:fuzhongjun@yahoo.com.hk
Friendly greeting
Executive Director.
ICBC China

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