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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: How do we do this? <julietaccsdp@126.com>
Reply-To: <julietdaroy@yeah.net>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 21:07:11 +0800
Subject: How do we do this?

Greetings
Permit me to bring a matter of privacy,
Let us make good use of this opportunity,Many happy return$,Millions and millions of dollars in cash go unclaimed every year by individuals and companies i mean cash money been forgotten, hidden,abandoned that has been lying in the bank escrow dormant account how do we become the beneficiary (How do we do this?)Your partnership is invaluable, as it is impossible to get out this funds without a foreigner like you. You shall be presented as the chosen beneficiary with back up evidence from us contact us to issue more details for the successful transfer of the funds into your account for ourselves if only interested

Please ,you may receive this mail in your spam folder due to poor internet connectivity,kindly forward this to your inbox folder before response back

We will get back to you upon the receipt of your response.

Sincerely Yours

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MS,CLAVEL JULIET DAROY
OPERATION MANAGER
CHINA CITIC BANK ACCOUNT SERVICE DEPT SECURITIES AND FINANCE
Email:julietdaroy@yeah.net

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