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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Frank John Wang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankjohnwang@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 13:03:49 +0200
Subject: Hello

Dear Friend,

I am Frank John Wang, Principal Assurance manager for the WING HANG

BANK here in Hong Kong.I am getting in touch with you regarding the

estate of a customer and an investment of $ 1 8 . 7 5   m i l l i o n     U

n i t e d     S t a t e s

d o l l a r s     ,placed under our banks management 10 years

ago.Unfortunately,he died without a next of kin.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you

will be made the beneficiary of these funds. My bank will contact you

informing you that money has been willed to you. On verification,

which will be the details I make available to my bank, my bank will

make payments to you. You do not to have know him. I know this might

be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your

troubles I propose that we split the money in half.

Please get back to me immediately with your details via this email as

follows so we may discuss more on this.

1. Full Names and address

2. Telephone and fax number

3. Means of identification.

>I await your response.Kindly reply here:

Regards

Frank John Wang

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