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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "ADMIN" <info@gmail.com>
Reply-To: peterwong2@qq.com
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 13:01:51 +0000
Subject: Partnership Request.
I am the Executive officer of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited Hong Kong.I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of a Deceased client with similar last name as yours and an investment placed Under our banks management.I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a Result of this mail.I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.In 2003 a Hong Kong businessman who was our Client, made a fixed deposit Of $ 18.350.000.00 (Eighteen million Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars only) i my branch, a number of notices were sent to him when it was due, But no response came from him till date. We later found out that he. Along with his family had been killed in the tsunami disaster that Happened in Asia that hit their home. What bothers me most is according to the laws of my country at the Expiration of 16 years the funds will revert to the Goverment.
I await your reply.
Best Regards
Peter Wong.
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