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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: Dr.Leon Cheng <recruit@imbc.co.kr>
Reply-To: <drleoncheng@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2015 08:43:25 -0400
Subject: ARE YOU REALLY ON YOUR DEATH BED?

Attention:

I believe this email will come to you as surprise one but I want you to read this carefully. Today, one Mr.Tony Sepulveda came to my office to inform that you are dying of Cancer and you have instructed him to come for the claim of your funds in the tune of US$8.9 Million that was long abandoned with this office but was deposited with the E.H Bank for safety.

He claims you have just 2 days to live and he is your distant relative, but we have a policy here in this office to make proper investigations and confirmations before we release funds to anyone and that is why i am contacting you to verify this claim by Mr.Tony Sepulveda.

So, please tell me, Did you authorize Mr.Sepulveda to come claim your fund and are you truly dying of cancer with just 2 days to live?.

If (NO) you are hereby adviced as a matter of urgency to reconfirm the details of this message within 48hours, but if I do not get a response from you then your funds shall be wired into his account without any more delay.

Lastly, you are adviced to reconfirm the details of this message and reply immediately with these information's.
Below..

1. YOUR FULL NAMES……………....................
.......
2. CONTACT ADDRESS…………...................
..........
3. PHONE NUMBER & FAX NUMBER……….....
4. YOUR OCCUPATION…………….. .....................
5. COUNTRY NAME: ………………........................
6. AGE:..........................
................
7. SEX:.........................
8. MARITAL STATUS: ..............
9. YOUR NEXT OF KIN: ....................
10.EMAIL ADDRESS: ..................


4. Your personal identification to enable us confirms you are not dead. This information's above must be provided for reconfirmation to enable us make the payment to you, but if you do not reply urgently, your funds will be remitted/wired into his account as he has already provided his details and paper works to this management.



Here is an account provide by Mr.Tony, He also claims you provided this account to him for his personal use. Please confirm.

Chase Bank
2075 S. Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003
800 788-7000
Acct. name: Mr.Tony Sepulveda.
Type: Checking
ABA # 322271627
Acct # 1951204345
Amount: US$8.9 Million.

Furthermore, If this claim by Mr.Sepulveda is a hoax and all lies, I will urge you to keep this strictly confidential so we could find a way to get him arrested.

Regards,
Mr.Leon Cheng

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