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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: "Bao Zhang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <baozhang7a@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2018 08:57:44 -0800
Subject: Greetings RDNZKBJFQE

From The Desk of Bao Zhang
2018 January 19th.
My contact with you is with respect to the estate of a deceased client, and an investment placed  under our  management 7 years ago.
 
I am Bao Zhang, Deputy Manager for the China Trust Commercial ,China. Please see the attachment for full details. If you are unable to open the attachment, please send me a mail and I will resend full details to you.
 
Regards,
 
Bao Zhang
 
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