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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: John Shum <jokhnngfv@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: joeennn@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:55:21 +0000
Subject: proposal



My Dear Friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you after satisfactory appraisal and
acceptance of your proven track records I am Mr. John Shum, Deputy
General Manager;. Head of Portfolio Management, Hang Seng Bank
Limited, Hong Kong.
Following an opportunity in my office, This proposition will be of
immense benefit to both of us Herewith are the details of this
proposition.:

On May 6th 2005, an estate developer and one of the richest woman in
Hong Kong, Late Mrs. Nina Wang, deposited Seventy million five hundred
thousand United States Dollars under our portfolio management
department for a period of Two (2) years, and the deposit matured on
the 13th of June 2007 with much significant growth which amounted to a
total of Seventy-Two million Seven hundred thousand United States
Dollars.

Prior to the maturity of the said deposit, we got some news that Mrs.
Nina Wang died of Cancer / Hearth Attack in April 3rd 2007 and upon
maturity, a routine notification was sent to her forwarding address
but without responses. After a month, another reminder was sent from
my desk and I discovered that the fund was deposited by her without
informing anyone of her immediate family as this is peculiar to high
profiled individuals. No next of kin was declared in her official
papers including the paper work of her bank deposit and she also
confided in me the last time she was at my office that no one except
me knew of her deposit in my bank.

This sum of Seventy-Two million Seven hundred thousand United States
Dollars. Is still in possession of my bank lifeless and unnoticed
because there will never be a claim on the funds. All material,
immaterial documents and certificates relating to the funds is also in
my . possession We can not release the funds unless somebody applies
as the next of kin or relation to the deceased and to this end; we
have secured from the probate registry an order of mandamus to locate
any relative of Late Mrs. Nina Wang.

Against this backdrop, I am proposing to you to stand in as the next
of kin to Late Mrs. Nina Wang. Our banking policy here stipulates that
at the expiration of Six (6) years such funds will be transferred into
banking treasury as unclaimed funds The money will be approved into
your account and subsequently, we shall share in the ratio: .. 70% for
us and 25% for you as gratification for assistance rendered I will
visit your country for the disbursement, according to the percentages
indicated once this money gets into your account. And 5% set aside for
any expenses incurred in due process of the transaction.

Please note that all our correspondences and communications will be
strictly via email for now, as my official telephone lines are
periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line
with our quality management policy. Do not contact me through my
official phone numbers nor do I want you contacting me through my
official email account. Please observe these instructions religiously.

Let me crave your indulgence in portraying sincerity towards this
matter, as trust stands to be our watchword in this transaction. Our
assurance is that your role is risk free to accord this transaction
the legality it deserves as with all modalities in place we are
certain in actualizing a hitch free transfer of the funds without any
complications. My position in my bank already guarantees the
successful execution of this project.
We will discuss much in details when I do receive your response In the
meantime, kindly signify your willingness to assist by sending me a
message via my personal email:. If for some reasons you find no
interest in this project I want you to disregard this message and
forget I ever contacted you.

Thanks in advance for your early reply.

1. Your Full Name:
2. YOUR Address:
3. Your Direct Telephone number:
4. Your Marital Status and age:
5. Your Companies Name:

Kind regards,

Mr. John Shum





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