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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: "Mr. Feng Ming-hua" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrfeng@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2016 17:32:25 +0100
Subject: Re: Are You A Good Attorney?


Sir,

I am Feng Ming-hua, the Managing Director, Quanzhou Huaming Trading Co., Ltd. China.
We are urgently seeking the services of a legal Practitioner for the handling of a matter involving my company and a client based in North America.

The said client received shipments of goods valued at the sum total of $900,000.00 American Dollars for the past three years and all efforts geared towards retrieving this payment proved abortive.
The invoice and other details of the transaction will be provided as soon as you have declared interest in assisting us. If you are not a legal practitioner, kindly recommend one that will be of assistance in
this regards.

Much Obliged,

Mr. Feng Ming-hua
Managing Director,
Quanzhou Huaming Trading Co., Ltd.
11E, Mingcheng Building Wenling Road
Quanzhou Fujian China 36200
Private Email: mrfeng@yandex.com

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