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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <senghuy@chinayonngfa.com>
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 02:25:21 +0700
Subject: Re:Hello Friend



--
My Name is Mr. He Senghuy a personal Accountant/Executive board of
Directors Working with Foreign Trade Bank of Hong Kong.it is with good
spirit of heart i opened up this great opportunity to you A deceased
client of mine that shares almost the same name as yours died as a
result of heart-related condition on march 2005.His heart condition was
duo to the death of the members of his family in the tsunami disaster
on
the 26 December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia where they all lost their
lives.

There is a draft account opened in my bank in 1999 by a long-time
client
in our bank,a national of your country.he was a CEO/a textile company
owner,business man,a miner at kruger mining company here in Royal
Kingdom of Cambodia. I want to present you as a beneficiary,I will use
my position and influence in our bank to make them release this money
to
you for us to share.If i wait for days and i do
not hear from you,I shall look for another person.

Please Kindly get back to me as soon as possible for more details if
you
are interested in my proposal,

Yours sincerely
Mr.He Senghuy
Executive Board Member
Foreign Trade Bank of Hong Kong
Tel: +852-580-37717

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