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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Chan Yuet Tung, Esq" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bschultes@protectam.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 19:57:32 -1200
Subject: FROM MR CHAN YUET

My Greetings

It may surprise you receiving this mail from me, since there was no previous correspondence between us. Let me

start by first introducing myself properly to you. My name is Chan Yuet Tung, Esq , a legal practitioner in Great

Britain. I am personal Attorney to Late MR GERALD HUGO, an oil merchant who died in author crash 2008 with his

wife and only daughter.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help in securing the fund left behind by my late client to avoid it

being confiscated or declared unclaimed deposit by the security company where this consignment valued US 8.500

000.00 (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) were deposited by my late client before

his death. The security company has issued me a notice to present the next of kin to come for the claim of this

deposit or it will be declared unclaimed deposit and the fund forfeited to the government.

So far, all my efforts to locate any of the deceased relative have proved abortive. Hence, I have contacted you.

I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the security company as the Next of Kin/beneficiary of my

late client's deposit.

Note that all the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's Next of Kin have been taken care of.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieving this great opportunity because if we don’t, the

fund will be lost.

I wish to point out that I want 10 percent of this money to be shared among the charity Organizations, while the

remaining 90 percent is shared equally between us. This transaction will be executed under a legal arrangement.

Therefore you have nothing to fear about. It is risk free. I will use my position as the client’s attorney to

guarantee the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please contact me for more

clarification.

Waiting to receive your reply.

Regards,
Chan Yuet Tung, Esq

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