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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 sheung Leung <mrs_sheunglg65@mitsumielectriccoltd.info>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2015 03:30:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject:

Dear Friend,

How are you today? i hope this mail meets you in good health. I'm very
sorry for the unconventional way i have made this contact with you. I'm
Mrs. Sheung Leung, with Fubonbank (HONG KONG). I'm Senior Vice President
and Head of the corporate Banking . I have a sensitive, confidential
brief and i am asking for your partnership in re- profiling funds.

History of my pending transaction: I'm emailing you about a deposit a
deceased customer (Mr Vihaan) left without a recognized next of kin to
the sum of Nineteen Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars The late
customer has a personal account with us and he made a fixed deposit to
the sum of US $ 23,900,000.00 in our branch Fubonbank (HONG KONG).

I'd humbly appeal that you preserve the subjects of this email
personally and reverence the truthfulness of the information you come
by, as a result of this email. I have been in charge of this department
for years and to best of my knowledge, I have discharged my duty with
equity and fairness.

However, I cannot claim these funds without presenting someone to stand
as a next of kin otherwise our Bank will convert the funds into the
public treasury. This is why I have come to you for the deal to take
place. I am emailing you because I noticed that you and (Mr Vihaan) the
late customer, have the same surname. I'm ready to place you in a
position to instruct my Bank to release the deposit to you as the
closest surviving next of kin.

Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you
in half. That is, I will simply make you as the next of kin and have
them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50/50.

This is a fair deal without any risk attached either on your part or on
my part as long as we comply with the laws governing the claiming of
funds in our Bank. I do not want you to come down to sign the late
customers Funds Release Order because you cannot defend the source of
the funds during the signing, as our remittance department may decide to
ask you some significant questions which you may not answer correctly
thereby jeopardizing the transaction. Therefore you will inform our
establishment that you will not be able to come down for the signing. I
will work with an attorney called (Erica Chong) who also reside in Hong
Kong to  perfect all arrangements in your favor and the funds will be
paid to you for our own use.

Please if you are interested in continuing with this transaction, I
request you to get back to me soon as possible so that we can proceed
towards the positivity of this deal. I am a woman of good repute and I
see this as an opportunity to give a better life to my family.

I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me
let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me i beg
of you.

Let us collaborate together, but i can't force you, if you don't want,
to please keep this to yourself only.

Many Thanks,
Mrs. Sheung Leung.

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