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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: "Ms Tina Liang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mstinaliang555@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2017 14:12:14 -0800
Subject: Good Day And God Bless

 
From Ms. Tina Liang - 28/11/2017
Ref: CTF/10/QTM/2017
Dear Ma/Sir
I am Ms. T. Liang, I work with China merchants Bank as the audit
manager,I wish to place your name as the beneficiary to thirteen
million five hundred thousand dollars due to the death of the
depositor who died many years ago along with her family.
I assure you that this transaction will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law both in your country and here in China once the fund is
transferred to your bank account.The funds I am referring to is right
here in this bank floating in suspense account,therefore I solicit for
your cooperation to be in collaboration with me to have this done,it
will be transferred into an account you will provide any where in the
world.I will need you to provide the following information urgently to
enable the attorney start the processing of the all the relevant legal
documents for the fund remittance.
1)Name:
2)Address:
3)Tel:
4)Age:
5)Sex:
6)Occupation Status:
Our sharing partner once successful is 40 percent for your assistance
while I retain 60 percent
Waiting for your reply soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Ms. Tina Liang.
 
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