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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: fu.zhongjon@yandex.com
Reply-To: fuzhongjun.director@yandex.com
Date: Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:51:01 +0100
Subject: Greetings

Good day,

I am the Executive Director at the industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC). I have a mutual business proposal, which refers to the transfer of a large amount of money to an account abroad, with your help as a foreigner partner as the beneficiary of the funds. Everything about this transaction will be done legally without any bridge of financial authority both in my Country and yours. If you are interested, please reply back through my private email written below, and I'll give you more information and the project as soon as I receive your positive response.

Private e-mail: director@fuhongjun.net


Best Regards,

Executive director.

ICBC .China

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