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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: lewchg@yandex.com
Reply-To: lwuchg@yandex.com
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 04:37:23 -0700
Subject: Good Day


>From the Desk of Chung Siu Kuen, Please treat this with the utmost confiden=
tiality and if you do not have interest I apologize for my intrusion on you=
r time as I beg you to forget you ever received a letter like this. My name=
is Chung Siu Kuen; I am a senior staff with Wing Lung Bank 112 Queen's Roa=
d, Central, Main Branch, Hong Kong. I have a matter of utmost importance an=
d confidentiality that I will like to discuss with you. I hope you will not=
be offended as it will be of mutual benefit to us. I am contacting you con=
cerning an investment that was placed under our bank's management for a per=
iod of 18 months in 2012. A client of my bank by the name Mr.Richard Gelb m=
ade a Fixed Deposit for this period in my branch. If you are familiar with =
private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer an=
onymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. Up=
on maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but go=
t no reply. After some months, we sent a reminder only to be informed of hi=
s death. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making =
a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin have been fruitless as Mr=
.Richard Gelb did not declare any kin or relations in all his official docu=
ments,including his Bank Deposit for paper work in my Bank. If you are inte=
rested then a bank account in any part of the world that you will provide w=
ill then be used to facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the ben=
eficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to sh=
are, We share equally (45% each) while the balance 10% to cover all other e=
xpenses like taxes, lawyers fees etc.. There is no risk at all as all the p=
aperwork for this transaction will be done by an attorney and my position a=
s a top official guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.If=
you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through my email below =
as according to the banking laws of Hong Kong,if nobody comes forward to cl=
aim the funds after Five(5) Years,the money will be reverted back to the Go=
vernment . If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process to=
wards a conclusion.Please send me your confidential telephone numbers for e=
asy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assur=
ed that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us. Private E=
mail: Best regards Mr.Chung Siu Kuen. Wing Lung Bank 112 Queen's Road, Cent=
ral, Main Branch, Hong Kong.

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