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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: Fei Een <amir@statushead.com.my>
Reply-To: ec_amcoweldsg@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 2015 07:46:41 +0800
Subject: Urgent Enquiry



Dear Sir,

I am a senior director with a prime bank here in Hong Kong{H.K} and i
am contacting you for a very private and confidential business that

will be mutually beneficial to you and i.

A deceased customer of our bank who died without a WILL{intestate}
left behind the sum of US$25.5million and i intends to transfer this

amount into your private or company's account for investment/sharing
purposes.This business offer is a deal but 100% legal.But keep it TOP

SECRET.

I will give you more information upon your willingness to my partner
in this once-in-a-life-time opportunity to financially secure our

future and i will also send to you the data pages of my international
passport and my official bank I.D card.

Kindly reply me with your full names,age,occupation,private e-mail
address,address and your nationality.

I thank you.
Kindly get back to me if you are interested


Regards,

Fei Een


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