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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: "WAN QIN" <w_qin00@msn.com>
Reply-To: wqin00@msn.com
Date: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 16:45:20 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ME ASAP

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION.

I am Mr.Qin. I represent Mr.Ho Siu-hoi,the former C.E.O and director-cum-shareholder of Au Kiang International Company Limited (Au Kiang) and Dero Enterprise Limited (Dero) in Hong Kong. I have a very sensitive and confidential brief from this top (executive) to ask for your partnership in re-profiling funds over $250 Million US dollars.I will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via Hang Seng Bank.The bank official website is : www.hangseng.com. This is a legitimate
transaction. You will be paid 20% for your "management fees".
If you are interested,please write me back by email:wqin00@msn.com

Also,furnish me with your confidential telephone number,fax number and private email address and and I will provide further details and instructions. Please keep this confidential; we can?t afford more political problems/scandals. Finally, please note that this must be concluded within two weeks. Please write back promptly.I will also suggest you
visit this news site on the internet to be better informed about this project.
http://www.webb-site.com/articles/0011.htm
Write me back.I look forward it.
Sincerely,
Mr.Qin


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