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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: "Mr. Harry Changchai" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <changchaiharry@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:08:13 +0100
Subject: Mutual Proposal

My Dear One,

My name is Mr. Harry Changchai my father was the Private/confidential financial secretary to Ben Ali (The Ousted Tunisian president).During the crisis in Tunisia, before the Government of President Ben Ali whom my father served was toppled, my father was able to move some funds to Europe for our family future; the amounts are in US$55,000,000== while that of Euros is 52,000,000== The funds are now very safe and secure. The former Tunisian president had many secret security vaults in Tunisia stack with cash both within and outside the presidential palace. Some of the vaults were stacked with US$ cash bills while others were stacked with EU Euros cash bills.

This YouTube link will help you understand more about the kind of money I am talking about.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DeB3uBXqOs&feature=related

We are in need of a suitable, trust worthy and capable partner. My family has given me the mandate to nominate a capable hand abroad that can keep secret, maintain a high level of confidentiality and above all has the capability to handle long term investment abroad on Behalf of my family. If you are confidence that you possess the above mentioned qualities and willing to partner with us, then get back to me immediately with your full details. I will discuss further investment details with you as well as directing you on how and where to take over the funds for investment if you are interested in this offer. On the contrary, if you feel otherwise, do not do anything harmful to this message.

My kind regards,
Mr. Harry Changchai
changchaiharry@yahoo.com

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