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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: "Tetuan Azman" <tetuanazm@tettuanazman.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:40:22 +0800
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance is Needed


Dear Friend,

My Name is Tetuan Azman ,a legal practitioner with Tetuan Azman & Associates in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.I found your contact/profile online and it gave me the greatest joy,that you are the one I have been looking for.Whom I strongly believe could execute this transaction with me.And being more positive that with your capability,that this transaction of transferring (US$11,000,000.00) Eleven Million United States Dollars will be successfully accomplished.

My purpose of contacting you is for you to help secure the funds left behind by my late client,to avoid it being confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank.Where this fund valued (US$11,000,000.00) Eleven Million United States Dollars deposited by my client before his death.

This Bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin or the account will be declared unserviceable and the fund diverted to the Bank treasury,So far all my efforts to get a hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive.Hence,I have contacted you. I am actually asking for your consent to present you to the Bank as the Next of Kin/beneficiary

of my late client's fund,since you have the same last name,so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to your account,then we can share the fund on a mutually agreed,based on percentage.

All the legal documentations to back up your claim as my client's Next of Kin I shall provided them.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction.

The intended transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any infraction of the law.However,if thisn business proposition offends your moral ethics,do accept my sincere apology.If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me,then kindly get back at me with your interest immediately for further details.



Kindest Regards,

Bar.Tetuan Azman (Esq)

[Principal Attorney.]

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