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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <kim.lee31@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 19:59:20 +0700
Subject: LUCRATIVE OFFER

Greeting my dear
My name is Lee Kim , my urgent need for a foreign partner has made me contact you
 
for your assistance. I am a banker by profession in Kingdom of Cambodia and currently
 
holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of my bank. I have the
 
opportunity of transferring the left over funds ($18.2 million) of one of our bank
 
clients who died in a car crash since five years ago and none of his family member or
 
relation has come for the claim,
and now the bank is planning how to confiscate the funds since no one has come for
 
the claim. Please I need your total honesty to execute this transaction under your
 
kind control for the benefit of us both. Hence, I will offer you 30% of the amount
 
mentioned above and if you are sure you are capable of handling this transaction and
 
ready to assist me in executing this business, further details of the transfer will
 
be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return mail,kim.lee31@yahoo.com
have a great day. For more clarification reply me back and please note that the
 
funds claims is 100% risk free. If you are ready to do this with me, kindly contact
 
me  for more details.

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