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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: "Albert Wong" <albertwong07@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wong.albert668@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 01:56:42 -0400
Subject: NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANT



Dear Friend,

My name is Albert Wong, I am a Singaporean citizen and a
seasoned Banker in Malaysia (Berhad office), I occupy the
position of an accountant in this branch office, it is with
good spirit of heart I opened up this great opportunity to
you; there is a client of mine who died as a result of heart
failure; because his entire family lost their lives in the
tsunami disaster on the 26th Dec, 2004, and his account of
US$7.3 millions with us has been unclaimed due to
unavailability of a next of kin/relatives to claim his
estate.

Since none of the family relative is alive to claim this
fund and the bank have waited until now for any relative
next of kin to surface in our custody; I decided to contact
you fast; so that I can present you as the relative next of
kin to my late client; so that bank will wire this fund
direct to your bank account. You don’t need to worry
yourself in this transaction, itis not going to implicate
you to any trouble in your country, and hence I will provide
the legal papers in your name and favor.
For more information.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

In view of this, I am seeking your cooperation and
understanding to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable
us claim the inheritance before the period given by the bank
elapse. If you are interested and in agreement with me, get
back to me quickly and I will send to you all our bank
contacts and the information you may need to proceed without
coming to Malaysia, and be rest assured that it is risks
free project and the proceedings will be shared 40% for you
50% for me and 10% for any expenses we incurred during this
process.

Please reply immediately with your information includingyour
full name, full address and telephone number for easy
communication.
I await your prompt response.
Best Regards
Albert Wong
Wong.albert668@gmail.com


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