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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. Chen Guangyuan<chen0147guangyuan@live.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:54:56 +0000
Subject: GET BACK TO ME



Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Chen Guangyuan, I am a staff of Bank of China, Our late client named Ghazi Musa Hassan made a fixed deposit amount
of $17,300,000, he did not declare any next of kin in any of his paper work, I want you as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary
to transfer this funds out of my bank into your account, after the successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of 30% for you
and 70% for me.

I want to assure you that all is well planned as we shall do this online with all legal and banking requirements. All I need from
you is your willingness, trust and confidentiality so that we can work together to achieve success. Should you be interested please
send me the required information below.

1, Full names,
2, private phone number,
3, current resident
And I will prefer you reach me on my private email address below: {chen0147guangyuan@live.com}

Kind Regards,
Mr. Chen Guangyuan
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