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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: CM <hr@hlmc.cn>
Reply-To: <michaelcarter1500@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:48:18 +0100
Subject: Re: Hi

I am serving in the US military in Afghanistan with the army infantry division, I have some funds that I want to move out of the country, e-mail me for more details.
华力确保其内部管控项目对中国相关法律法规和美国出口管制条例的合规性。本邮件可能包含有上述列明的收件人所专有及机密之信息。非本邮件收件人不得对该邮件进行任何利用、扩散或复制。如您误收本邮件,请立即通知发件人,并从您系统中永久删除本邮件,销毁任何您可能已经打印的副本。
Huali ensures that its Internal Control Program is in compliance with applicable local laws and regulations and EAR.This communication may contain privileged and confidential information only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this communication, you are hereby notified that any use, distribution or reproduction of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately, permanently delete this communication from your system, and destroy any hardcopies you may have printed.

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