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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 YIU LING" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mryinling@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2017 16:49:35 -0700
Subject: PLEASE TREAT VERY URGENT

Hello Friend,


I must apologize for invading your privacy, I know i don’t know you but I am sorry if I am disturbing your privacy, please something in my spirit moved me to contact
you to see if you will be interested. I have no option but went online to search for assistance, i did find your profile on my private search on net where I came
across your profile, let me introduce myself with full information about this business deal,My name is Mr. Yiu Ling I work with the Hang Seng Bank. There is a sum of
$19,500,000.00 in my bank Hang Seng Bank, Hong Kong. I do solicit for your assistance in effecting this transaction. I intend to give you 40% of the total funds as
compensation for your assistance.



At present due to this issue on my hands now, it became necessary for me to seek an assistance, I don't really know if you can help me execute this project, and I am
quite certain about it that you don’t have anything to worry about, I will do everything required to ensure that the process goes smoothly, it shall pass through all
Laws of International Banking, and you have my word having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that, it needs your commitment
and diligent follow up. If you work seriously, the entire transaction should be over in a couple of days please also note that we will not use your direct account for
this deal before i proceed with you, I will want to know precisely the type of occupation that you do your age and present locations, you should note that this project
is highly capital intensive, i mean the fund in questions is a large amount, this is why I have to be very careful and also know who i am transacting with, I need your
total devotion and trust to see this through, I know we have not met before, but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need
to execute this project with trust from the heart because we are not going to be talking on phone until the entire funds is out of my bank, I will be the one to also
introduce to you a bank where you can open account in your name only for both of us where the entire funds will be transfer to smoothly. I want us to enjoy this money
in peace when we conclude, i will please advice you should listen to my instructions and follow them religiously.



As a professional , it is my duty to ensure that the transfer is done in a quiet manner, hence you will have to follow my instructions and act accordingly to enable
everything work out smoothly. I will do everything legally required to ensure that the project goes smoothly and it shall pass through all Laws of International
Banking, I am prepared to share the proceeds 60/40 with you because of what i have spent so far to bring this transaction up to this level before requesting your
assistance well but if my offer is of no appeal to you or you cant handle this with me please delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my
career because you do not approve of my proposal, i don't want to talk this on phone conversation at now but as soon as we get on i will look for a way to check on
update by calling you Contact me only through this email address. I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored
to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family
man; I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing
gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold.This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord,


Please reply soonest.

Regards,
Mr. Yiu Ling

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