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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: zhongjun@asia.com
Reply-To: fuzhong348@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2015 15:13:26 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?q?H=C3=A4lsningar!!?=

God dag,

Jag behöver en utländsk partner för ett föreslaget gemensamt företag, som hänvisar till en överföring av en stor summa pengar till ett konto utomlands, eftersom mottagaren av medlen. Allt om denna operation, kommer att vara rättsligt göras utan någon bro finansmyndigheten, både i mitt land och yours.I wil unna dig iaktta största diskretion i alla frågor som rör denna fråga. Om du är intresserad kan du svara tillbaka genom min privata e-postadress skrivs ned, jag ska ge dig mer information om mig själv med den finansiella institutionen jag representerade och de faktiska belopp det handlar om projektet så jag får din positiva svar.

Privat e-post: fzhongjun@yahoo.com.hk


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