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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: Mr Fong Pong Chang <info@fongpongchang.com>
Reply-To: Mr.fong-pon.chang99999@outlook.com
Date: 30 Jul 2020 04:28:26 +0800
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Friend

I am Mr. Fong Pong Chang. I work as the Foreign Operations
Manager with a reputable bank here. Although the world is very
small place and hard place to meet people because you don't know
who to trust or believe, but as I have developed the trust in you
after my fasting and praying, I made up my mind to confide this
confidential business suggestion to you.

There is an overdue unclaimed sum of Two hundred Million, Six
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars. ($ 200,600,000.00) in my
bank, belonging to one of our dead foreign customers. There were
no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds. Therefore, your
request as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and
release of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as
the Foreign Business Partner to the deceased.

If you will like to assist me as a partner then indicate your
interest after which we shall both discuss the modalities and the
sharing percentage. All other information to facilitate the
remittance of the funds will be revealed to you in due course. If
you are not interested, please also indicate so, so that it will
enable me to contact other foreign partners who might be
interested to work with me. I will appreciate if you could
contact me through my direct email address:
Mr.fong-pon.chang99999@outlook.com

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Fong Pong Chang.
Foreign Operations Depts.

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