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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: Subur Tan <sbttann@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2021 12:08:16 +0700
Subject: RE: INVEST

Hello,

I am Mr.Subur Tan, the director of audit, Bank Central Asia Tbk PT,
Indonesia. I hope you don`t mind my contacting you. I have a fund 18.5 M
USD, which has been lying fallow in our bank and it was deposited over 15
years ago by one Mr.Teruaki Miya, a Japanese who has since left Indonesia
and from my investigations, it has been confirmed thatMr. Teruaki Miya, has
since died and by the policy of the bank, any such deposit that is
unclaimed after 14 years, is regarded as an unclaimed deposit and
subsequently, moved to the banks pool deposit for the banks use.

I am now contacting you to act as the partner, next of kin or
representative of Mr.Teruaki Miyasaki as the indonesian laws requires and
on that strength, the bank will release the fund to you after approvals,
since he never specified any next kin. All the relevant documents shall be
procured on your behalf for the transfer of the fund. If you are interested
in partnering with me, kindly indicate and I will send further details to
you.


Best Regards
Mr. Subur Tan

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