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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: Chur Yuhng Tsang <churyuhng@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2020 23:10:18 +0200
Subject: hi

Dear Friend,
My name is Chur Yuhng Tsang and a business relationship manager with
Nanyang Commercial Bank in Hong Kong China,
I have a client(name with held) who made a fixed deposit of fund valued at
$100,500,000.00 (One Hundred Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) with a depositing firm, here in Hong Kong and unfortunately, He
lost his life in China motorway on his way to Shanghai.
He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents
related to the deposit still in my possession.
Recently, the Depositing firm contacted me, asking for the next of kin to
the funds/deposit or the amount may be declared as unclaimed.
Upon a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin, so that my late client's funds will not be
confiscated by
the Bank Authority or Government.
You will be entitled to 40% of the total fund for your involvement.
Be informed that there is no risk involved as all necessary legal documents
that will be used to back you up as the legal beneficiary and next of kin
of my late
client will be procured.
Kindly get in touch with me through this e-mail cyt19606@gmail.com For more
details if you are interested.
Thank you.

Sincerely,
Chur Yuhng Tsang
cyt19606@gmail.com

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