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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: "Yuk Cheung" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yy.cheung001@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 07:25:30 -0700
Subject: Letter From Yuk Cheung

Good Day,

I am Yuk Cheung, Principal Assurance Manager, Bank of East Asia, United Kingdom Branch. I am contacting you concerning a client/foreigner with the same last name as yours and the investment he placed under our banking management some years ago. The client/foreigner asked that his funds with Bank of East Asia, United Kingdom Branch should be move to "EROL FIDUCIARY" an investment management company here in United Kingdom for a business purpose.

Unfortunately, before the commencement of the business with "EROL FIDUCIARY" the investment management company here in United Kingdom, the client/foreigner died of cardiopulmonary failure and ever since then no body came forward all these years as his relative or next of kin. What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file in Bank of East Asia, United Kingdom Branch and you bearing the same last name with the client/foreigner, we can work things out together as a team and benefit from this deal. My suggestion to you now is this. Can we work together as a team and have these funds in our custody instead of allowing the investment management company here in United Kingdom revert the funds back to Bank of East Asia, United Kingdom Branch as unclaimed funds?

Please note that my suggestion to you requires confidentiality because of my reputation. If you are interested, kindly get back to me for more details.

Regards,
Y.Y Cheung


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