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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: mail@doc-sign.biz
Reply-To: sreyel932@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 18:59:19 -0500
Subject: Reply Urgently


Good Day,

I am Mrs. El Srey, working with One of the banks here in (Southeast
Asia)
as the Bank Manager & Audit Committee. During our last banking Audits, I
personally discovered an account belongs to one of our Foreign Deceased
Customer, Late Mr. Wang Jian, The Co-founder and Co-chairman of HNA
Group,
a Chinese conglomerate with significant real estate ownerships across
died
in an accident.

I am writing to request your assistance in transferring the sum of
$15.000
000.00 (Fifteen Million United States Dollars) into your account as the
Late Mr. Wang Jian Foreign Business Partner.

Meanwhile, before I contacted you. I have done personal investigation in
locating any of Late Mr. Wang Jian relatives who know about the account,
but I came out unsuccessful non and total non. This empowered me more to
believe myself and contact you.

Upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, I am willing to
offer
you 40% for your assistant, while 60% for me which I am planning to
invest
into a profitable business venture in your country.

More detailed information will be forwarded to you upon your reply.

Best Regards

Mrs. El Srey

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