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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.Amal al hammadi." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <amalhammadi2@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 19:36:34 +0400
Subject: HOPING TO WORK WITH YOU,

From: Mr.Amal Al Hammadi
 
MANAGER National Bank of Abu-Dhabi
 
Government Complex Branch (Delma)In Tamm Center.
 
P.O.BOX 50670 Abu-Dhabi,
 
U.A.E.   
 
Dear Friend,
 
This letter must come to you as a surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people
 
meet and become great friends and business partners. I am pleased to get across to you for
 
a  very urgent and profitable business proposal; I got your e-mail address through an
 
internet  yellow page web directory and decided to contact you and ask for your assistance
 
in this  urgent matter, requiring trust and confidentiality, I am Mr.Amal Al Hamadi, the
 
Branch  manager, National Bank of Abu-Dhabi Government Complex Branch (Delma)In Tamm 
 
Center. Abu-Dhabi (U.A.E) United Arab Emirates, married with four children. I am writing
 
this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this business
 
opportunity in  my department, On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with
 
Petroleum Corporation, Mr.  Elsayed Agwah, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve
 
calendar months, Valued at  US$16,500,000.00(sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars
 
)in my branch upon maturity.  I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
 
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
 
contract employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Elsayed Agwah died in the plane
 
crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on
 
board as you can confirm it yourself via the website below
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
 
Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning no 
 
member of Mr.Elsayed Agwah family knows about the deposit therefore ,no member of his 
 
family will ever come forward to claim the money, In order for the bank not to transfer
 
the  said sum of sixteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($16,500,000.00) as
 
unclaimed  funds to the emirates treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed
 
immediately  by somebody standing in as late Mr.Elsayed Agwah, Next of Kin, because
 
According to (UNITED  ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the expiration of (eleven) years; the money
 
will revert to the  ownership of the (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Government if nobody applies
 
to claim the fund, This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account
 
officer before I was  posted to become the branch manager , now I seek your collaboration
 
to act  as next of kin to late Mr.Elsayed Agwah to claim the funds and move them into
 
useful investments, we shall  split the cash between our self upon the confirmation of the
 
money into your account,  And  as a Brotherhood matter I am ready to share it with you
 
50%/50%.Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank , I have worked out the
 
perfect  modality as well as I shall provide the relevant information's and documents for
 
the  successful claim and transfer of the funds in the account that will be provided by
 
you, I  cannot stand in the forefront of this transaction because I work with the bank
 
,that is  why I have come to you, for assistance be rest assured that this project involve
 
no risk to  you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail ,I will like you to provide me
 
with the  following details, bellow to my private email :
 
1) Your direct mobile/number...............
 
(2) Your Full name..........................................
 
(3) Country resident address.................................
 
(4) Your private E-mail box..............................
 
(5) Company name and position.............................
 
Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction without any   
 
delay.
 
Regards
 
Mr.Amal Al Hammadi

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