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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ren Deqi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rendeki@inbox.lv>
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2018 21:01:47 -0800
Subject: Kindly get back to me immediately so that I advice you on how this would be carried out.

Dear Sir,


LETTER OF PROPOSITION IN RESPECT TO AN UNCLAIMED FUND IN MY BANK



I am Mr. Ren Deqi,Executive Director and Executive Vice President Bank of East Asia, I write to seek your consent to carry out a transaction that would be highly beneficial to you and me. I know you may be wondering why I am contacting you for this despite all the friends and relations that I have but I decided to do this with an unknown person to avoid any form of blackmail in the future. My Late Client, Late Mr. Alvin Peter Kappelmann Jr was an account holder with my bank.


I have Managed his Investment Fund Deposit Account for 3 years before 9/11 attack and his death. He died during the World Trade Centre bombing in September 11 2001. Please confirm from this site:

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2001/memorial/people/2632.html

lf your willing to stand as the next of Kin do contact me for further processing details.

My purpose of contacting you now is this:

My bank during the last executive board meeting 15th of Jan 2018 resolved that if by the end of this quarter and there is no beneficiary to the said account, the account will be confiscated and the fund sent to the bank treasury for bank use.

I want you to come in as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to this account. I have all the titled documents to back your claim and as the Vice President,

it is in my power to carry out any form of verification on the beneficiary of the said fund and process the fund wire without any problem and delay. I want you to know that this is legal and 100% risk free as all the titled documents would be changed to your name and the fund wired to any bank account you wish to have it wired to.


Kindly get back to me immediately so that I advice you on how this would be carried out.


Sincerely,

Mr. Ren Deqi
Executive Director
and Executive Vice President
Bank Of East Asia.
http://www.boc.cn/en/investor/ir6/201504/t20150402_4830133.html

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