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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: DingXiang Wong <dingxiang707@vemen.com>
Reply-To: dingxiang.wong@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 09 Jul 2016 03:10:07 +0800
Subject: Very Confidential Finance Letter:

Hello I am Dingxiang Wong, A staff Member of Maybank Malaysia investment
committee and I'm contacting you for a business proposal to transfer
$7.3 million to you for investment partnership in your country, this
fund belongs to our business partner who has been presume dead in the
Missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which has been disappeared on 8th
March 2014 without any trace.

Our Business Partner Mr. Li Yuan and Mrs Gu Naijun was the third
Australian couple to travel on the missing Malaysian flight, Mr. Li Yuan
has deposited the sum of $7.3 million into our bank for investment, but
he left No beneficiary to inherit his fund before he went missing with
Malaysian flight MH370. I am contacting you because i want you and me to
establish New business partnership and invest the fund together in your
country, i am ready to give you every details of the fund to transfer
the fund to you for our new investment, please reply to me for more
details.

Thank You
Dingxiang Wong

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