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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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Fraud email example:

From: marvinalbright771@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 20:55:54 +0000
Subject: Greetings From China

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc40PQ-FmYRhGPHnovgc09aYTjDFwkML74OJ0i4oLgOzsB_lw/viewform?vc
Greetings From China,

My name is Mr. Helman Sitohang the Branch manager, credit suisse Bank,
Beijing,China. A business opportunity arose in my department and I am
writing this letter to ask for your co-operation to carry execute it.
After the annual audit Last month in my branch I discovered documents of a
late client Mr. Andreas Schranner A German business magnate who made a
numbered fixed deposit with this branch valued $12M (Twelve Million United
State Dollars)

Further investigation of this customer revealed that Mr. Andreas
Schranner, died in the plane crash Monday, 31 July 2000, (an air France jet
liner) with his entire family and other passengers on board as you can
confirm it yourself via the website below for (BBC NEWS:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm

According to Chinese law of banking,after 14 (fourteen ) years of
inactivity of an account,the fund will be directed to the china state
treasury. I am seeking for your support to stand as next of kin to Late
Mr. Andreas Schranner to claim the funds by providing an offshore account
where the funds will be transferred to so that we can invest the funds.I
am ready to give you 40% and 60% will be for me. The reason I am
contacting you is because I cannot present myself to claim the funds
because I am currently working with the bank.

If you are willing to work with me then provide the below information to my
personal and confidential email address (helman.sitohang@outlook.com):

(1) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile/Fax Number.
(2) Your Full Name:
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Address.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality: -

When i receive the above information,i will furnish you with detailed
process already in place to swiftly execute the transfer without any
hitches or delay. please discard this message if you are not interested as
any leakage will affect the reputation i have built over the years in the
banking industry.
Thanks for your kind understanding.

Mr. Helman Sitohang
Beijing-China
Reply to:helman.sitohang@outlook.com

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