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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: "Mr. Piyush Gupta" <infojasonyeung@mail.com>
Reply-To: jasonyeungchiwai@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 04:14:38 -0400
Subject: =?utf-8?q?Dobri_den=2C_naliehav=C3=A9_odpovede_/_GOOD_DAY=2C_URGENT_REPLY?=
=?utf-8?q?=3D?=

Drah? priatel,

Vol?m sa p?n Jason Yeung Chi Wai nez?visl?m nev?konn?m
Riaditel Bank of Communications (Hongkong) obmedzen?, pripojen? k Private
Bankov? slu?by, v?s kontaktujem so z?kazn?kom a z?kazn?kom
invest?cie umiestnen? pod veden?m na?ich b?nk pred viac ako 5 rokmi, ktor?
v hodnote 55.000.000,00 USD. ?primne by som v?s po?iadal, aby ste si to ponechali
obsah tejto po?ty s?kromn? ??a tie? l?skavo re?pektovat integritu
inform?ci?, ktor? ste dostali v d?sledku tohto e-mailu. Kontaktoval som
ste nez?visle a nikto nie je informovan? o tomto ozn?men?;

Chcel by som v?s obozn?mit s urcit?mi faktami o leg?lnom
certifik?ty a dokumenty, o ktor?ch si mysl?m, ?e by v?s zauj?mali
a obaja z n?s m??u mat prospech, ak mi m??ete pom?ct prijat tieto financn? prostriedky
va?e meno a ?cet

Cak?m na va?u odpoved coskoro, ak m?te z?ujem o pomoc
tieto prostriedky na v?? ?cet, aby som v?m mohol poslat viac podrobnost?
Tieto financn? prostriedky a pr?vne dokumenty, ktor? ho pokr?vaj?. Tu je m?j e-mail:
jasonyeungchiwai@gmail.com

Tvoja viera,
P?n Jason Yeung Chi Wai,
Nez?visl? nev?konn? riaditel,
Bank of Communications (Hongkong) Limited.


Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Mr. Jason Yeung Chi Wai an Independent Non-executive
Director Bank of Communications (Hong Kong) limited, attached to Private
Banking Services, I am contacting you concerning a customer and an
investment placed under our banks management more than 5 years ago which
worth $55,000,000.00. I would respectfully request that you keep the
contents of this mail private and also to kindly respect the integrity
of the information you come by as a result of this email. I contacted
you independently and no one is informed of this communication;

I would like to intimate you with certain facts of the legal
certificates and documents that I believe would be of interest to you
and benefit the both of us if you can help me receives these funds to
your name and account.

I am Waiting for your reply soon if you are interest to help receive
these funds to your account, as to enable me send you more details of
these funds and the legal documents covering it. Here is my Email:
jasonyeungchiwai@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Jason Yeung Chi Wai,
Independent Non-Executive Director,
Bank Of Communications (Hong Kong) Limited.

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