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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: "Camellia Yang ,Director" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robinspencer2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 14:00:46 -0800
Subject: :::CNBM EMAIL AWARD:::

CNBM International Corporation
HEAD OFFICE
2 Kexueyuan S Rd
Haidian, Beijing
China
Website: http://www.cnbm.com
 
 
 
Dear Email-User,
 
                      :::CNBM EMAIL AWARD:::
 
We at CNBM International Corporation office likes to officially
 
congratulate
you for the draw that was just held by our company which featured you
 
as
the First place winner. Our company holds promotions each year just to
promote our global publicity and reputations as we plan to exploit
 
more
corners of the world with our highly valued products line. This
 
promotion
is just one of various ways we are presently using to achieve this
 
global
vision of ours.
 
Your email address with *QUALIFICATION NUMBER*(CNBM/CH-770-671LH G-11
 
-18)
drawn to be this year's First place winner of a Brand New Apple
 
Laptop:
which is worth $3,506 USD and cash prize of One Million United State
 
Dollars.
This money and gift we believe will enable you make some impact in the
 
society
and possibly invest in our company in the near future.
 
You are hereby requested to contact our Senior Claiming Agent for more
 
details on our
Promotion in particular before taking further actions to claim your
 
prize.
Ensure you inform Agent. Ron Spencer Taylor who is our fiduciary
 
claims official Adviser who is
presently in (African)
See details of him below; Please copy and reply with this email
 
address of the
company claims officer if you must get a reply.
 
Agent. Ron Spencer Taylor
Claiming Agent, CNBM International Corporation,
robinspencer2@gmail.com
Satalite Phone:+442030957326
 
When contacting the claims agent you should include the following if
 
you
must get a response from him;
      *** Your Full Name:
      *** Full Address:
      *** Personal Email or Fax
      *** Phone number:
      *** Age:
      *** Gender;
      *** Occupation:
      *** country:
      *** Winning email and QUALIFICATION NUMBER:
      *** Value ID Card
 
We know you must be excited and very happy about this news you have
 
just
received from us and the truth is that we are doing this to put smiles
into homes and hearts of people worldwide.
 
On behalf of the entire management and staffs of “CNBM International
 
Corporation,
I say Congratulations to you and your family.
 
Signed,
Camellia Yang ,Director
________________________________________________________
*NOTE** you must be 15years or older to claim. Late response is not
accepted, misconduct and non adherence to instructions leads to prize
termination. Do not fail to keep your winning information personal for
security reasons because the Company will not be responsible for lost
 
of
funds.
 

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