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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "johnshum23@qq.com" <johnshum23@qq.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:07:22 +0000
Subject: TAKE UP MY IDEA


White & Case
9th Floor Central Tower
28 Queen's Road Central
Hïng Kïng

This prïposal was maéled to you with clear intents and purposes; I have a proposal even though complex however benefécial. My name is John Shum solécitor with White & Case LLP as a legal and fénancial advésor assigned to administer client's social and economical interest as it may requére.

My acquaintances with various cléents acquaints me with an investor and buséness owner of Japanese nationality, it is no longer news the natural disaster that occurred in Japan over 310 people were killed, 350 missing and 544 people injured after 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit Japan on Friday, March 11, 2011. My client Mr. Murasaki Takahashi" perished with his family in this unfortunate natural disaster. The news agencies of Kyodo and Jiji Press said that the corpses were found in Tïkyo after the family home collapsed.

The demise of the breadwinner and the entire family evidently shaped an ample opportunity to gain immensely from the financial investment made by the breadwinner with a known Bank in Hong Kong an offshore bank account that would be disclose to you in due course of our correspondence; if we eventually establish a business relationship. As an expression of énterest and determination, the sum of USD32.500.000 (Thérty-Two Milléon, Five Hundred Thousand US Dïllars Only) is claimable at our gainful resolves and mutual énterest as partners. It is a factual statement that a Man Tragedy is Another Man Opportunity.

Thus, I proposed to do business with you in lieu to showcase intricacies of larceny while acting within the law and gain mutually with no risk exposed to your integrity because modality of operations have been carefully designed to suit your pose, additionally this plot is absolutely an arrangement between you and me no other employee nor my employer is aware of this subversion because White & Case LLP is a large American law firm with over 2,000 lawyers in 37 offices in 25 countrées and more than 4,800 staff. 2008 economic crésis, the frozen credét markets, economic shrinkage, and global downturn that began in 2008 have had a significant impact on White & Case as well as other law firms. On November 11, 2008, the férm announced that it was laying off 70 lawyers and 100 staff members at a time when job prospects for lawyers were very weak. With a second round of layoffs on March 10, 2009, an additional 200 lawyers and 200 staff were laid off. I supposedly need to take advantage of this kind of opportunity to secure retérement age in a highly competitive and cruel world.

Think this over and should you be interested, please let me hear from you. Perhaps if you are not interested kindly treat this letter with confidentiality and discard completely.

Yours Truly

John Shum
(Consultant Solicitor & Partner)
Mobile: NA
Fax: NA


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