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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: "Jacques Tsinpao" (may be fake)
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 20:33:27 -0500
Subject: Please act very fast

DAH SING BANK LTD.
19 DES VOEUX RD.
CENTRAL HONG KONG,
HONK KONG.

For your kind attention,

I am Dr. Jacques Tsinpao, senior credit officer of the Dah Sing Bank Ltd.I have a concealed

business proposal for you. After the United State and Iraqi war, our client Hatem Kamil

Abdul Fatah who was the deputy governor of Baghdad in Iraq and also business man made a

numbered fixed deposit for 10 years in 2003, with a value of Four Hundred Million Five

Hundred and Sixty Thousand United State Dollars ($400,560,000.00) only in my branch.

Upon maturity since 2013 several notices was sent to him yet no response came from him. We

later found out that the Governor was assassinated in Baghdad.

The websites below is a verification of the news about his death:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm

After further investigation it was also discovered that Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah did not

declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank

deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office 10years ago that no

one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.

So, Four Hundred Million Five Hundred and Sixty Thousand United State Dollars ($400,560,000) is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.

What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration 15years

the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to

claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a

foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Hatem Kamil Abdul Fatah so that you will be able to

receive his funds.

I will carry out all procedures to establish you as the right beneficiary and have the funds transferred to you. Upon successfull transfer of the fund to you, I will take work leave and meet with you for sharing and disbursements 50% each.

I hope to hear from you soonest

Warm regard

Jacques Tsinpao

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