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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: "Qin" <operations@silgate.cc>
Reply-To: zqinluv@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 2021 10:12:31 -0800
Subject: Proof of proposal

Hi friend,

My name is Zeng Qin, a staff member of Lloyds TSB Group Plc. Here
in Hong Kong attached to Private Banking Services. I have a
business proposal worth a substantial amount of money, I believe
you will be interested to know more about my proposal.

This proposal, I alone know of the existence of the deposit for
as far as the finance firm is concerned because any transaction
with our deceased customers stops being monitored once the funds
are in the private banking sector, all outstanding interactions
in relation to the file are just customer services and due
process.

The finance firm has no single idea of the history or nature of
the deposit, they are simply awaiting instructions to release the
deposit to any party that comes forward, and this is the
situation.

If you are interested in doing this deal with me then as a
professional banker I can guide you on how to receive the funds
without any trace or anything that may raise red flags, but we
have to be extremely discreet about the whole process.

I will guide you accordingly with my banking experience and be
rest assured that I am the only one who can initiate and move the
funds out of my bank without any problems. It may also interest
you that I shall be in charge of the transfer from my bank to any
nearby bank where we will have full access to the funds. So you
have nothing to worry about regarding this project but you must
adhere to all my instructions if we must succeed.

I am ready to share 50/50 percentages with you upon completion.

I await your response.

Best wishes,
Qin

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