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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: "Henry Ivan Loo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <heenryivanloo1967@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 21:27:41 +0100
Subject: Business Interest

Barrister Henry Ivan Loo
201.AL. Nuaimiyah Building
DUBAI.
TEL: +971-554-631-507.
EMAIL: (henryivanloo1967@yahoo.com)

ATTENTION,

I am Barrister Henry Ivan Loo, an attorney at law. I discovered your email and
information through comprehensive web email search on directory so I
decided to contact you. I know this sounds like a scam because of lot of
activities going on the internet. But I assure you that this is real.

I am contacting you with regards to this particular fund belonging to my deceased client,
I decided to contact you about this unclaimed deposits. If you are not interested, please ignore this mail and go about your normal business.
I am Barrister Henry Ivan Loo, principal partner of Clement Lynch & Co, Law Office and Notaries Public and practising Law in Malaysia.
I specialise in family law, will, probate and tax saving strategies.
On May 12 2010, one of my senior clients’ Mr. Thomas Bahia a DUTCH died in a plane crash that happened in Libya.
Here is a link for your view: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/middleeast/13libya.html?_r=1 message received on 02/12 at 08:17.

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by my
client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this deposit valued at One Hundred Million United State
Dollars. ($100,000,000.00 USD). Is lodged. This bank has issued a notice to
contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, so that the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you. Then we can share the amount on a
mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal documents to back up your claim
as my client's next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. This will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from many
breach of the law.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from many breach of the law. If this business proposition offends your
moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore
you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary
confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response.
Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. I will like you to
acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my private

EMAIL: (henryivanloo1967@yahoo.com) and treat with absolute
confidentiality and sincerity. I look forward to your quick reply.

Also include your direct telephone number when contacting me to enable me
call and speak with you.

Best regards,

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