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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: Kris Leong <h_krisleong@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <krisleong@live.com.my>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2007 10:47:18 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION!!




Walden International Malaysia
#22-01, Menara Dion, No. 27
Jalan Sultan Ismail
50250 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Direct Tel:(60) 1-4235--2910
Tel/Fax: (60) 3-6275-1874

I am Mr. Kris Leong, The Fund Manager of WaldenInvestment International. One of the World Largest Fund Management Company with committed capital of overUS$1.6 billion.

Nevertheless, as The Walden Fund Manager,I handle all our Investor's Direct Capital Funds and secretly extracted 1.2% Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit{EMRCP} per annum on each of the Investor's MarginalCapital Fund. As an expert, I have made a total US$4.6 Million, from the Investor's {EMRCP} and herebylooking for someone to trust who will stand as anInvestor to receive the fund as Annual Investment Proceeds from Walden Marginal Capital Fund. Allconfirmable documents to back up the claims will bemade available to you prior to your acceptance.

Meanwhile, I have worked out the modalities andtechnicalities whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 clearing Houses without any hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 70-30. If you are interested,call or email me your positive response regard thetransaction, all correspondence must be through this private box:

Yours truly,
Mr. Kris Leong.
_________________________________________________________________
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