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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" <mr.amalalhammadi_m@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Mramalhammadi20@aol.com
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 07:24:14 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: CAN I TRUST 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
Email Mramalhammadi20@aol.com

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 Mramalhammadi20@aol.com
:

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
Email Mramalhammadi20@aol.com



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