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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: MRS KIM ABBOTT <xczhang@berjaya.com.cn>
Reply-To: <kimabot767@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 11:35:31 -0400
Subject: Re: May god bless you for me

Am Mrs.Kim Abbott wife to late Mr. Vangal Abbott from Netherlands,I was married to late Mr. Vangal Abbott who worked with Shell Development Company in London for Twenty-Six years before he died in 2012 after a brief illness that lasted for only eight days. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $18.5 Million in a firm here.

Following my ill health (Cancer of the Breast and Pneumonia) and the doctors told me that i have few months to live due to my present health condition. I am looking forward to seeing a GOD fearing fellow who would be a medium through which smiles will be put in the faces of the less privilege, Sexually abused women in the society as well as being used to propagate the Kingdom and Gospel of the lord.

More details will be made known to you upon your response.

May God Bless You.

Mrs Kim Abbott
Regards
张兴村 *Zhang Xing Cun
前 台 *Receptionist cum Admin Assistant
[http://ce rt.berjaya.com.cn/image/berjaya.png] [http://cert.berjaya.com.cn/image/mall.png] 成功(中国)大广场有限公司
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BEJAYA(CHINA)GREAT MALL CO.LTD BERJAYA SANHE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO.LTD
Add 北京东燕郊经济技术开发区行宫西大街38号 T +86(10)61597200-8002 E xczhang@berjaya.com.cn <mailto:xczhang@berjaya.com.cn> W www.berjaya.com.cn<http://www.berjaya.com.cn>

Disclaimer
This e-mail message is intended to be received only by persons entitled to receive the confidential information it may contain. E-mail messages to clients of BERJAYA may contain information that is confidential and legally privileged. Please do not read, copy, forward, or store this message unless you are an intended recipient of it. If you have received this message in error, please forward it to the sender and delete it completely from your computer system. All opinions, conclusions and other information in this message that do not relate to the official business of BERJAYA shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by BERJAYA. Our company accepts no liability for the content of this email, or for the consequences of any actions taken on the basis of the information provided, unless that information is subsequently confirmed in writing.
只有有权接收电子邮件中可能包含的机密信息的用户才能接收此电子邮件。传递的Berjaya电子邮件可能包含机密信息和法律特许的信息。如果您不是此邮件的预期收件人,请勿阅读、复制、转发或存储此邮件。如果已误收此邮件,请将其转发到发件人,并从您的计算机系统彻底删除此邮件。此邮件中所有不涉及Bejaya业务的意见、结论及其它信息都可以接受,但是Berjaya既不给予其相关意见也不支持其意见。我公司对此邮件的内容不负任何责任,也不对在此邮件基础上采取的任何行动所产生的后果负责任,除非这些信息随后得到书面确认。
Computer viruses can be transmitted via email, and you should check this email and any attachments for the presence of viruses. BERJAYA accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. Our employees are expressly required not to make defamatory statements nor infringe or authorize any infringement of copyright or any other legal right via any communications. Any such communication is contrary to our company policy and outside the scope of the employment of said individual. We will not be liable for such communication.
计算机病毒可以通过电子邮件传送,您应该检查这个电子邮件和任何附件病毒的存在。BERJAYA对通过此邮件传播的病毒及其造成的损害不负任何责任。我们员工都明确要求不要通过任何邮件进行诽谤,不得侵犯版权或者授权任何侵犯版权的事情,或通过邮件授权或者侵犯其他合法权利。以上所提到的邮件都是违反公司政策和就业范围之外的,我公司不负相关责任。
BERJAYA(CHINA) GREAT MALL CO., LTD. & BERJAYA SANHE REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CO., LTD

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