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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: "ali" <ali_richard@excite.com>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2006 13:45:10 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: REPLY TO YOUR LETTER


Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME,

How are you today? i have gone through your letter and i appreciate the fact that you acknowledge receipt of my mail and i am ready to execute this deal with you as far as you will give it the proper attention and cooperation that it requires.before i go further, i will like to know your profession and age, are you employed or working for your own establishment, what about your status, are you married? i hope you dont get offended by my questions.

however, i quite comprehend the need for proper awareness of the banking and financial ethics visible in UAE. i shall introduce you to an attorney and the attorney being an expereinced financial attorney with so many years of experience is capable enough to handle this matter and to ensure that there is no breach of financial regulations in the 2 countries hence he will imply the full scale probate proceedings to transfer ownership of the funds to you with all government approvals in conformity with the existing emirate inheritance law and principles. all these probate approvals the lawyer will secure from the government will be submitted to my bank where the fund was deposited for bank's endorsement and final approval of transfer of funds to you as legal heirs.

finally, once the bank transfers the funds to your nominated account, all documents partaining to the funds as issued by the UAE government will be sent to you which you will also need to present to your government upon the maturity of the funds into your account, i am also aware of the tax there to be paid and you will need to pay that from the money when transferred and then you will also take your percentage of the money as agreed and the rest i will invest in your country under your supervision.

i will like to inform you about some other plans i have when i come to your country and by then, the funds would have been transferred to you as the lawyer adviced that the process will not take more than 10 days once he starts the legal proceedings. so i hope to hear from you very urgently to enable me introduce you to the lawyer BUT YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT I TOLD THE LAWYER THAT THE FUNDS IS YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS BUT YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO GO ABOUT THE CLAIM HENCE HE AGREE TO REPRESENT YOU.

please confirm your readiness to execute this transaction with me then i shall give you contact of the lawyer.

Sincerely,Mr. Ali Richard

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