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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: "wang yongli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wanngyongli@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jul 2018 11:40:20 +0200
Subject: Hei venn,

Hej ven,
Jeg har fået din e-mail-adressekontakt gennem dit lands informationsudveksling online, mens du kiggede på og efter det, besluttede jeg mig for at kontakte dig for at få hjælp til dette presserende spørgsmål, der kræver tillid, fortrolighed, fordi du muligvis modtager denne besked i din indbakke, Junk / Spam mappe. Mit navn er Mr. Wang Yongli, seniorchef for Bank of China (BC) Bank of China Limited Asia. Jeg er 55 år gammel mand, gift med tre børn. Jeg har en meget presserende, fortrolig og rentabel forretning for os begge, værdsat til (tyve syv millioner, fem hundrede tusind amerikanske stats dollars). Denne fond er et overskud af, hvad min afdeling, hvor jeg er den øverste leder, der blev tjent som overskud i fjor . Jeg har allerede sendt en godkendt slutningen af ??året 2017 rapport til mit hovedkontor, og de vil aldrig vide om denne overskydende. en SUSPENSE SECURITY uden en modtager. Som bankens øverste leder kan jeg ikke direkte knyttes til disse penge, så jeg er beføjet til at
anmode om din hjælp til a
 Med venlig hilsen,
Mr. Wang Yongli Senior Manager

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