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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. Sammy KWOK" <formerusa.ambassadortonig@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <skwokicbc@inbox.lv>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 12:36:48 +0100
Subject: Re: Financial Matters to be discussed with you



Mr. Sammy Kwok
Vice President & Branch Manager
Temple City Branch
5773 Rosemonde Boulevard,
Temple City, CA 91780, USA

Greetings,
I am sorry reaching you through email, I have tried reaching
you on the phone severally but to no avail until this
morning when someone picked and informed me that it was a
wrong telephone number so I decided to reach you by email
immediately.

I will be brief in this message for safety reasons, however
this correspondence is UN-official and private and it should
be treated as such. I also guarantee you that what I am
about to propose to you have no trace of illegal dealings.
Please give me your consent to send you a proposal I believe
you will like to participate with me to execute.

I am Mr. Sammy KWOK, I am a Chinese but I work with the
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Temple City Branch,
California USA. This is all I can say until I receive your
consent to submit my proposal to you.

Thank you,
Mr. Sammy KWOK
Vice President & Branch Manager (ICBC) USA
Temple City Branch.

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