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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. Mark Yassin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <markyassin007@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 07:25:55 -0800
Subject: Re: Response to your email

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Mr. Mark Yassin.
Senior General Manager, National Bank of Abu Dhabi.
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Dear Friend,

My name is Mark Yassin. I am married with four children. I write this email to you for the purpose of mutual financial benefits for both our families. I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal, I came across your e-mail address through my banks client marketing data base, afterwards I decided to contact you and ask for your partnership in this business proposal that requires utmost trust and mutual confidentiality.

On June 6, 2000, an American Oil Consultant/Contractor with Petroleum Corporation, named Mr. George Brumley, made a numbered Time (fixed) Deposit for Twelve calendar months, valued at Ten Million United State Dollars ($10,000,000.00) in my branch.  Upon maturity, I instructed that a routine notification to his forwarding address be dispatched, but a reply was never received. After a month, a reminder was again sent and finally we discovered from his contract employers Petroleum Corporation that Mr. George Brumley, died in a plane crash on July 21 2003, (a Kenyan Boeing 767 Flight) with other passengers on board. You may wish to confirm it yourself via the website link below:

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/ africa/07/20/kenya.crash/ index.html

The most astonishing part of my discovery was that all documentation records with our bank bear no next of kin, meaning no member of Mr. George Brumley’s family or friends are privy of the deposit, therefore no member of his family or friends can ever come forward to legally claim the money. In order for my bank not to transfer the said sum of Ten Million Dollars ($10,000,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the Emirates Treasury Account, the above stated funds must be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as Late Mr. George Brumley’s next of kin, because according to the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW, at the expiration of seven (7) years; the money will revert to the ownership of the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account officer before I was promoted to senior management level in the bank. Now I seek your collaboration to stand in as next of kin to Late Mr. George Brumley in order 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. I am ready to offer you 40% of the total amount upon completion of the transaction, while 60% goes to me.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked out the perfect modality of how we can go about to claim the funds, as well as I shall also provide you with the relevant information 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, which is why I have come to you, for assistance. Be rest assured that this project involves no personal risk to you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail to me, I would like you to provide me with the following details, to my private email address: markyassin0007@gmail.com . By issuing me with this information, I will appreciate better your prospect as my partner, and shall serve to affirm to me that we can do business together.

(1) Your direct mobile/fax number.
(2) Your full name and country of resident address.
(3) Your private E-mail box.
(4) Your Age
(5) Your Occupation

Upon the receipt of the above information, I shall furnish you with due process of commencing this transaction to enable you fully appraise and appreciate its possibility of success.

Warmest regards


Mark Yassin.
Tel.+971558053152

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