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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: Kim Thomson <seth.resnickoff@ticketnetwork.com>
Reply-To: <kimthomson01@firemail.de>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 02:11:30 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

Am Kim Thomson, an account officer working with Hong Kong Import and Expor t Duty payment charges with the Bank of China HK Limited.

Am entrusting this transaction under your custody please don't betray the trust and confidence am about to impose on you.

There is this excess import /export duty refund payments amounted to billions of HKD which my departmentwas mandated to process and pay to some indigenous and foreign companies for over payments of import/export duties payments.

Some of the foreign companies are not away of this payments my colleague and I intend including your name as one of the foreign companies that are to be paid and a Banker's cerified check for the sum of HKD499,998.000.00 being an equivalent of U.S$6.3Million will be granted to you for payment through The Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited certified check.

We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum on the conclusion.

Your payment check with a confirmation letter being raised will be despatch to Prime Sky Finance Bank London where you are to setup A Non-Residential Account for the check deposit for international Clearance and onward online wire transmission to your designated bank account in your country

Kindly get back to me via this email and indicate your interest

Thanks,

Kim Thomson

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