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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.Fang Xiu." <fangxiu215@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrfxiu@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 00:29:22 +0800
Subject: US$10.5M Investment Proposal

Dear Partner,

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having
gone through your remarkable profile on the internet as some who is
business oriented and whom I believe will assist me in investing part
of my money into any profitable business over there in your
country.Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, i
choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest,
surest and most secured medium of communication.

However,this Correspondence is unofficial and private and it should be
treated as such. Before i introduce myself,i wish to inform you that
this letter is not a hoax or Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with
the seriousness it deserves.I also guarantee you that this business is
hitch free from all what you may think of.I work with the Chinese
Foreign Contractors Agency,my office monitors and controls all foreign
contract settlement here in Hubei Province of China.I am the final
signatory to every payment files for the remittance of huge funds
moving within both on the local and international levels in line with
foreign contact claim settlement and i have before me list of payment
files,which have been identified either as an over-invoiced sum or
ghost file.

On this note,i wish to have a deal with you as regards to this unpaid
funds as I have the file before me and all dates are correct and it is
my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the
Chinese Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed
entitlements, I have the opportunity to write you based on the
instructions received two days ago from the inland revenue board to
submit the List of payment reports/ expenditures and audited reports
of revenues before the end of next week.
My Conditions:

1) After the processing of all relevant legal documents with your name
as the bonfire beneficiary,i will personally endorse your file with
name here in my desk as the beneficiary of $10.5M which was deposited
with a bank here in China and on your confirmation of the amount in
question into your bank account,i will then fly down to your country
for my share and your advise on how i can invest into your line of
business.
2) This business must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence
will be strictly by email and telephone for security purposes no fax
messaging please.
3) There should be no third parties as most problems associated with
foreign fund release are caused by agents or representatives.If you
AGREE with my conditions, I want you to send to me the following details

1)Name:
2)Address:
3)Tel:
4)Age:
5)Sex:
6)Occupation Status:

I hope you do not reject this offer and have your funds transferred.

Waiting for your reply soon.

Faithfully,

Mr.Fang Xiu.

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