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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Dato=E2=80=99_Lee_Kok_Kwan?= <abdullahalthani61@gmail.com>
Reply-To: grli86@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:05:21 -0800
Subject: Information About Humanitarian Aid projects


Dear Sir/ Madam,

Please forgive me if my request is not acceptable by your kind person.

I am Mr. Dato’ Lee Kok Kwan, Working at CIMB Bank as the Director
General and Audit Committee. I discovered a dormant account belonging to
our Foreign Deceased Customer, Late Mr. Wang Jian, who was the Co-founder
and Co-chairman of HNA Group, a Chinese conglomerate with significant real
estate ownerships across the U.S., died in an accident while on a business
trip in France on Tuesday.

Please go through this link:
https://observer.com/2018/07/wang-jian-hna-founder-dies-tragic-fall/

I am writing to request your assistance in transferring the sum of
$11.5Million (Eleven Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
into your account for Humanitarian Aid projects;

(1) I exist to bring hope & a future to orphanage children, Less
privileged people around the world.

(2) Building a Nursing Home For Poor Widows & Elderly People Who Need
Medical Care & Food Support.

(3) Investing into Agriculture, Clinic Hospital or any other Profitable
Business in your country to support social work.

Meanwhile, I want you to understand that Late Mr. Wang Jian who deposited
the money in question was a well known businessman, C.E.O and Co-founder of
HNA Group, and since his death nobody has ever come to claim this deposited
fund, so I decided to use this abandoned fund for Humanitarian Aid
projects, because I don't want this fund to transfer into our Government
Treasury Account as unclaimed Funds, while they are many people out there
sufferings.

I would also like to bring to your notice that I have made every necessary
arrangement with my colleagues in transferring the funds through Via Online
Banking Transfer into your nominated account without any problem.

More information will be forwarded to you to break down, explaining
comprehensively what is required of you to complete this Godly project.

Waiting for your urgent reply,

Best Regards
Mr. Dato’ Lee Kok Kwan
Director General (Cimb Bank).

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