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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: "Info Info" <marylee_chung.01@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrychung_lee@sify.com
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2006 11:01:32 +0000
Subject: Help me pls

SILOM COMPLEX
18TH FLOOR, 191 SILOM RD.
BANGKOK 10500,
THAILAND.


COMPLEMENT OF THE SEASON

I AM VERY SORRY TO BORE YOU DOWN WITH THIS. FIRSTLY, I AM MRS. MARY LEE
CHUNG FROM HONG KONG. MY HUSBAND WAS POISONED BY
HIS BUSINESS PARTNERS BECAUSE THEY WANTED TO STEAL HIS $14.5M DOLLARS WITH
EUROPE ZENITH SECURITY DEPOSIT VAULT THESE KILLERS WANTED TO GET RID OF ME
TO SECURE THE PAPERS FOR THE CLAIM OF THIS MONEY BUT I WENT INTO HIDDING.

I NEED YOU TO HELP ME TO TAKE THIS MONEY FROM EUROPE AND SAFE GUARD IT FOR
ME IN YOUR ACCOUNT. , IF
THIS PROPOSAL INTEREST YOU, GET BACK TO ME TO ENABLE ME GIVE YOU THE CONTACT
OF MY ATTORNEY IN LONDON, HIS NAME IS JAMES SCOTT TO PROCESS THE LEGAL
DOCUMENTS
ENABLING YOU GO FOR THE CLAIMS.AND GIVE YOU CONTACT NAME AND TELFONE OF THE
EUROPE ZENITH SECURITY FINANCE VAULT AMSTERDAM ADVISING THEM TO TRANSFER THE
OWNERSHIP OF THE FUND TO YOU.

YOUR TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBER & MAILING WILL BE REQUIRED.
YOUR RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED,

FOREVER YOURS
MARY LEE CHAU


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