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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: "minging.mui2023@hotmail.com" <mrmingmui47@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 06:09:36 -0700
Subject: Reply Urgently

Vice President & Branch Manager
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY.
Canal Street Main Branch
G/F, 202 Canal Street,
New York, NY 10013, USA

Dear Friend,

Seeing this email message would be a surprise to you but kindly read it
carefully and you will understand the reason why I am contacting you for
this purpose.

However, this correspondence is UN-official and private, and it should be
treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is hitch free
from all what you may think of.

I am Mr. Ming Mui, Vice President & Branch Manager, Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY, Canal Street Main Branch, New York, and
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be
attached to this transaction.

The Management and the Legal department of our bank (Industrial and
Commercial Bank of China (USA) NY) in a recent meeting recommended that the
account of late Mr. Wiiliam Aucoin, who was one of my branch depositor,
should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to
the Bank Treasury according to U.S.A Banking and financial law. William
Aucoin died on 28th June 2010 of cancer at the Aventura Hospital and
Medical Center in Aventura,Florida. The bank, having made several efforts
to contact any of his relatives to claim this money but without success
decided to confiscate the fund and declare it a public fund.


Late Mr. Wiiliam Aucoin was an account holder in my branch; he owns a
dollar account with a huge sum of money deposited in a Secret account with
my branch. In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the account holder
nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim of this fund, this is
because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the
documents for the deposit with me as his account officer and financial
advisor.

This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in, I want you
to come in as a relative of the deceased; do not bother that you are not in
any way related to him because I am in position to affix your name as the
next of kin to the deceased and no one will question it since I am the
officer in charge of the account. I will give you the relevant documents
and contacts to file the application and then I will effect the approvals
for the transfer of the fund to your nominated bank account. I will be the
one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then
advise you exactly how we should handle it.

Please include your telephone number when replying to this mail so I can
call to give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness
to assist in this transaction.

The whole Procedures will last only 9 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the transfer of
the money to your nominated bank account, we shall share the money
50-50.that is I will have 50% while you will have 50%.

Kindly respond promptly so that I can advise you on what to do next.

Please reply to this my home email address: mingmui2211@outlook.com

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Yours truly,

Ming Mui.

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