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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: "Lee Deng" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 2011 10:18:27 +0800
Subject: Hello

Good day,

My Name is Mr. Lee Deng

I am the auditor and head of Reconciliation/Evaluation department
Of China Citic Bank

There is an account opened in this bank in 2003, since my inception into office on 2nd Jan 2009. This dormant account attracted my curiosity & attention, and when I investigated deeply by contacting the assigned next of kin I discovered
Surprisingly that the next of kin to this account was an American who lived in China for over 63years and is no more. Nobody has operated this account again since 2004.

Though I want to take the courage to look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable of co-operating & working with me confidentially in this important transaction, so that we can safely & carefully transfer out the sum of $12,500,000.00 (Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars).

After going through some old files, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently, it will be forfeited for nothing and the China Citic Bank management might divert the funds to their own accounts.

If you willing to work with me respond immediately, i will use my position and influence to effect the legal approval and onward movement/ Transfer of this fund to your account with appropriate clearance from foreign payment department.

You will stand to get 40% while 60% will be for me. kindly quote the reference (acct) numbers above and your full data when responding to this mail.
I will give you further details upon your reply.

At the receipt of your interest, we shall discuss more on telephone on how to further move & transfer these funds to your designated account in your country.

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Lee Deng
Email: denglee50@yahoo.com.cn

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