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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: <wangyongli046@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 11:33:59 +0200
Subject: I am insearch for a partner

Hello Friend,
I received your e-mail address via the information exchange of your country online while browsing and thereafter I decided to contact you to request assistance in this urgent case that requires trust and confidentiality because you may receive this message in your box mail, Junk / Spam folder. My name is Wang Yongli, senior manager of the Bank of China (BC) Bank of China Limited Asia. I am 55 years old, I am married and have three children. I have a very urgent, confidential and lucrative deal for both valued at (Twenty Seven Million, Five Hundred Billion US Dollars). This fund is an excess of what my branch in which I am the senior manager made a profit last year. I have already submitted an approved end of 2017 report to my headquarters and will never know about this excess. a SUSPENSION SECURITY without beneficiary. As a senior manager of the bank, I can not be directly connected to this money, so I am forced to ask for your help in receiving this money as a beneficiary of the fun
ds. If we could do this t
Best regards,
Mr. Wang Yongli Senior Manager

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