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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: "Chung s k" <chungsk@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2014 12:11:32 +0100
Subject: Good Day Pls Help!

>From the Desk of Chung Siu Kuen,

Please treat this with the utmost confidentiality and if you
do not have interest I apologize for my intrusion on your
time as I beg you to forget you ever received a letter like
this. My name is Chung Siu Kuen; I am a senior staff with
Wing Lung Bank 112 Queen's Road, Central, Main Branch, Hong
Kong. I have a matter of utmost importance and
confidentiality that I will like to discuss with you. I hope
you will not be offended as it will be of mutual benefit to
us. I am contacting you concerning an investment that was
placed under our bank's management for a period of 18 months
in 2005. A client of my bank by the name Mr.Richard Gelb
made a Fixed Deposit for this period in my branch. If you
are familiar with private banking affairs, those who
patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also
some levels of detachment from conventional processes.

Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his
forwarding address but got no reply. After some months, we
sent a reminder only to be informed of his death. On further
investigation, I found out that he died without making a
WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin have been
fruitless as Mr.Richard Gelb did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents,including his Bank
Deposit for paper work in my Bank.

If you are interested then a bank account in any part of the
world that you will provide will then be used to facilitate
the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to
share, We share equally (45% each) while the balance 10% to
cover all other expenses like taxes, lawyers fees etc..
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by an attorney and my position as a
top official guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.If you find yourself able to work with me,
contact me through my email below as according to the
banking laws of Hong Kong,if nobody comes forward to claim
the funds after Five(5) Years,the money will be reverted
back to the Government . If you give me positive signals, I
will initiate this process towards a conclusion.Please send
me your confidential telephone numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost
confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us.
Best regards
Mr.Chung Siu Kuen.

Wing Lung Bank
112 Queen's Road,
Central, Main Branch,
Hong Kong.


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