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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: Daniel Keen <danielkeen59@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 04:28:23 +0700
Subject: From Daniel Keen

Greetings,

My name is Daniel Keen , I am the regional manager of United Overseas
Bank Limited,( UOB) Malaysia, I am writing you this proposal in good
faith;I am a devoted Christian and a man of peace I have packaged a
financial transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional
manager of the United Overseas Bank , it is my duty to send in a
financial report to my head office at the end of each business year.
On the course of the last year business report, I discovered that my
branch office made an excess profit of (US$6.5Million).

I have placed these funds in (UOB) Bank escrow account with no
beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected
to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive
this money in your bank account and get 40% of the total funds as your
commission. I have perfected the banking procedure to enable our head
office transfer the funds into your account in less than 7 working days.

I have not met with you in person neither have I had any business
relationship with you previously but I am instinctively convinced that
you are the ideal person I require to handle the funds for me. I
intend to resign my position as a banker and relocate to your Country
with my family in the near future. My major concern is to see that
this money arrive in your account, I would be very glad should you
therefore confirm your willingness to assist in receiving this fund
before my final departure to join you for the investment purpose


Please reply to my private email:danielkeen59@yahoo.com with the
information below to enable me give you a call to further discussion

FULL NAMES:

FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:

TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS:

CELL PHONE:

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN

AGE:

Thanks and God bless you
Daniel Keen

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