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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. Minsu Sung-ki" <emoisey1@q.com>
Reply-To: minsu.sung-ki@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 3 Jul 2015 19:39:09 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: I have been trying to reach you.


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Good Day,

My name is Mr. Minsu Sung-ki, I am the Foreign Operation Manager in the Shinhan Bank, South Korea; I have sat on a 14 years forgotten funds here in our bank of 19.5million United States Dollars. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country, at the expiration of Fifteen {15} years, the funds will be revert to the ownership of the South Korea Government, if nobody applies to claim it. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like to accost you as a foreigner to stand as my partner to receive the said funds. Please contact me via (minsusungki@outlook.com) for further details.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Minsu Sung-ki.

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