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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: Gan Kok Kim <info.gankim@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infor.foreignremittancedepartme@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 23:51:59 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO FROM GAN KOK KIM:









Dear Friend,

 

I am Mr. Gan
Kok Kim a senior staff in file keeping section of the foreign remittance
department of one of the Leading Bank here in Malaysia. I contacted you because
I am in desperate search for a reliable partner to champion this transaction.

 

In my department
I discovered an abandoned sum of USD$ 13,500,000.00, (thirteen Million five
hundred thousand Dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer (Mr. Alfred Patrick Anthony) who died along with his entire family in
a plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting
the next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it
unless somebody applies for it. But up till now nobody has come up to request
for it.

 

Therefore I
seek your consent to present you to the bank as the next of kin.

 

Since we got
information about his death, we have been expecting the next of kin to come
over and claim his found because we cannot release it unless somebody applies
for it. But up till now nobody has come up to request for it. Therefore I seek
your consent to present you to the bank as the next of kin.

 

We will start by transferring US$ 6,000,000.00 and if there
is no disappointment from your own end, we shall then apply for the remaining
amount. Thereafter we can share the fund on an agreed percentage.

This will be
done in a legitimate way without any breach of the law.

 

Thanks and
God Bless,

 

Gan Kok Kim

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