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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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Fraud email example:

From: "I AM Mr.AHMED HASSAN" <mrahmed_1033hassan@yahoo.com.ar> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrahmed1011hassan@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 07:20:44 -0700
Subject: I AM Mr.AHMED HASSAN

From The Desk of Mr,AHMED HASSAN
Manager National Bank of Dubai Abu Dhabi
branch Dubai United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
Email:mrahmed_hassan_a@yahoo.com

I am Mr.AHMED HASSAN Branch Manager National Bank of Dubai Abu Dhabi
branch, I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for
you.A British Oil consultant and contractor with the Kruger Gold
Company,Mr. Raymond Beck made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United State
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 Kruger Gold Company that Mr. Raymond Beck
died in a plane crash along with his wife Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Beck died
in a plan crash along with his wife in Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air
crash (for more information about this crash and person you can contact
this website

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Since we got this information about his death and on further
investigation,I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all
attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigationand discovered that Mr. Raymond Beck did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.

This sum of US$12,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of
United Arab Emirates, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the (U.A.E) Government if nobody applies
to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Raymond Beck so that the fruits of
this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials.This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will
prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in
place as the next of kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank
account in any part of the world that you will provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of
kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork
for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the
Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.If you are interested, please reply immediately via the
private email address above.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please
send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy
communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I
shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:

Email:mrahmed_hassan_a@yahoo.com

Regards.

Mr.AHMED HASSAN






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