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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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Fraud email example:

From: Jin Zhang <interlinktrans@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <infodetailsss@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2014 15:33:15 +0800
Subject: Hello

To whom it may concern:
I am Jin Zhang, the Audit Manager of Citibank (Hong Kong) Limited G/F & 10/F, Wheelock House, 20 Pedder Street, Hong Kong.
During the annual internal auditing for the year 2014 in accordance with the annual audit plan of the bank, we discovered that an Iraqi Mr. Jamir Al-Assad Farooq a business man/oil tycoon made a fixed deposit of US$330,000,000.00 (Three Hundred and Thirty Million US Dollars) in the year 2005. Upon maturity in the year 2010 several notice were also sent to him even during the war without responses and subsequent notifications were sent after the war in 2011 without response.
My department did findings and later discovered from His death certificate issued from Health Ministry in Baghdad, Iraq that Jamir Al-Assad Farooq and his family had been killed during the war. After further Investigation, Bank records shows that Jamir Al-Assad Farooq did not declare next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. So, US$330,000,000.00 is still lying in CitiBank and I need you to act as the next of Kin to claim the funds, this will be carried out in accordance with Hong Kong Inheritance law.
You will also be required.
(1) To assist in the transfer of the said sum to your designated bank account(2) Advise on Real Estate Investments.
If you agree to render your services and have the technical know-how to handle this project, 35% of the total US$330,000,000.00 will go into your account as your benefit, while 65% will be shared between me and my associate.
Email me your Telephone/fax # if you are interested. Thank you.
Jin Zhang.

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