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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: "YANG LU<HUAXIA BANK>" <leeyang@sify.com>
Reply-To: yangleelu@yahoo.cn
Date: Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:27:28 +0300
Subject: Reply:Mr.Alfred Deposit/Estate


FROM:LEE LU YANG
EMAIL: lleeluyang@gmail.com


For Your Kind Attention:


I am Lee Lu Yang, Business Relations Manager for the HuaXia Bank in
HONG KONG. I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of a
deceased client with similar last name with you and an investment
placed under our banks management.
I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by
as a result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is
informed of this communication.

In 2000, the subject matter, Mr. Alfred came to our bank to engage in
business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us
that he had a financial portfolio of 8.35 million United States
dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf.
Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and
made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued
profit and interest stood at this point at over 10 million United
States Dollars. In mid 2002, he instructed that the principal sum
(8.35M) be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment
requiring cash payments in Hong Kong . We got in touch with a
specialist bank in Hong Kong the Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) who
agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to
Alfred. However Guangdong Development Bank got in touch with us last
year that this money has not been claimed. On further enquiries we
found out that Alfred was involved in an accident in Mainland China ,
which means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the reason I
am writing you is because you have same surname.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you
will be made the beneficiary of these funds. The Guangdong Development
Bank will contact you informing you that money has been willed to you.
On verification, which will be the details I make available to HuaXia
bank. GDB will be instructed to make payments to you after all the
necessary verification and application is done. You do not have to
really know Alfred. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but
please trust me on this. For all your troubles I propose that we split
the money in half. In the banking circle this happens every time. The
other option is that the money will revert back to the state.
Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold
the KEY to these funds, and as a Chinese National we see so much cash
and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep
communication for now strictly by the above telephone, fax and email.


Also do well to provide me with your full informations and contact
details including your direct: FAX AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS and
confidential email via the email and fax number listed above.

Please, again, note I am a family man, I have a wife and children. I
send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to the
consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing
gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of
gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking
clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we
should act swiftly on this. Please get back to me immediately via
email .I shall provide you my telephone number on response to this
email.

LEE LU YANG (MR)



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