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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 Jin Chung"
Reply-To: <financeproject22@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 2015 17:38:36 -0700
Subject: Reliable Trustee

Dear sir

Greetings,

I am Jin Chung,I am the Internal Auditor of the Wing Hang Bank Ltd,
Johnston Road Branch 131-133 Johnston Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong.

I was able to move a large sum of money from My bank secretly to a
private vault, If you are interested please email me back with the following details

Your Name:
Telephone:
Contact Address:
Nature of Business:
Any form of identification:

I will furnish you with more details Upon receipt of your respond with interest.

You will be physically required to meet with the Vault official and see the money in cash to be rest assured and know the reality this is a thing of seeing is believing for your satisfaction.

Thank you.

Jin Chung

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