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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: "Chun-Wai Sen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chun.waisen0011@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 07:07:47 +0100
Subject: Hello.

Hello,

Hope you find this email well, I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust but you will realize the need for my action. My name is Mr. Chun-Wai Sen, Head of Banking And Internal Audit at Dah Sing Bank Hong Kong, China. I got your contact information from worldwide public records. I am contacting you concerning Ferago, a deceased customer of my Bank and investment he placed under our banks management 8 years ago to the tune of Sixty-Two Million, Four Hundred and Seventy-Eight Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty Dollars, Zero (62,478,850,00 USD). I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I have been in charge of this department for years and to the best of my knowledge, I have discharged my duty with equity.

In the process of reviewing our financial report by my department, I discovered that both of you have a similar last name; hence I contacted you so that I can give you further briefing on my intention and how to disburse the funds and estate he left behind without a next of Kin. My proposal; you share the same surname with our late client; I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the Bank to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half. That is, I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you.

This is because, in accordance with the HK law, such fortune is automatically bequeathed to the government if there is no heir or Next of kin to the deceased that would lay claim to the fortune within the specified time. However, this law is unjust and inhuman as it often creates an avenue for the top officials of some financial institutions to divert such fortunes for their own selfish use. On that ground, I decided to search for any of my late client's relative which has proved abortive as he did not declare officially any Next of kin or beneficiary.

I know you might not be related but after countless efforts to locate direct relative to my late client and a (3) Three months final notice from the Bank to present a beneficiary to the fund and failure to meet up with this deadline means the fund will be liquidated to the Bureau as unclaimed fund and that I forbid happening. Against this backdrop, I decided to contact you to join me to put claims on this deposit before it`s forfeited to the authorities.

My suggestion to you is, I will like to present you as the Next of Kin and beneficiary to this deposit since you are both foreign nationals by virtue of my position as a Senior Treasury officer, I will now place your name as the Next of kin/Beneficiary to my late client and I will prepare the relevant legal documentation that will assist to facilitate the release of the fund to you without any breach of the law.

I have worked out all modalities to complete the transaction successfully, be rest assured that the transaction is 100% legal and risk-free. Once the vault is released to you, we shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 45% for you while the remaining 5% will be set aside to cover any expenses incurred by both parties during the cause of securing this deposit. This 5% will be disbursed based on all expenses incurred by you and I if well documented and communicated.

There is a lot to benefit from the world of banking down here in HK, this is not an illegal transaction because I have my name to protect after years in the banking sector. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector down here in the HK. we are not criminals in what we intend doing today, I do not find it against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move than allowing funds been confiscated by corrupt government officials for their own selfish interest when there are dying kids out there in desperate need of financial assistance.

Such opportunities like this only come but once in a lifetime. If you will not work with me let me know and I will move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide my family with new opportunities. The reward for this project makes it a task worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank.

I alone know how this money came about as far as Dah Sing Bank is concerned, because I was the account officer and investment manager of our late customer Estate before his sudden death, the Bank's Management has no single idea of the history or nature of the funds. I should be able to give you full details of the transaction and how this fund came about when our late customer was alive If only my proposal is acceptable to you. You can reach email me on my private email address: (chun.waisen0011@gmail.com)

I await your urgent response.

Regards

Chun-Wai Sen.
Email: chun.waisen0011@gmail.com

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