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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: "Sadid 'Abid Halabi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <halabisolicitor@rediff.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 23:14:10 +0800
Subject: URGENTLY IN NEED OF YOUR REPLY

Dear sir/madam,

I am Barrister Sadid 'Abid Halabi, a solicitor of the High Court of Malaysia under the present panel of Chief Judge Ariffin Zakaria
I am contacting you regarding the death Mr Khan Adam. His my client and am his personal lawyer.Mr Khan Adam has been living in Malaysia for about 15years now where here he has invested and established,it was sad to report his sudden death,which the doctor confirmed to be cardiac arrest on 16 December,2009.
I am contacting you independently on the investigation we have made trying to reach his relatives for the claimant of his money of about 11,540,000usd in the Malaysia bank here and asset,worth about 1,500,000usd,which has been unfruithful,and he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking,i am offering you this
great deal of opporturnity to team up with me for the claimant of these money where you will get 50% of total money.as his law i will prepare all necessary documents on your name and sign them so that the fund shall be transfered to you as soon as possible.i hope i can trust you on this deal.It might be surprise and confusing to
you but I want you to keep this matter very confidential because he never willed his property before death and to avoid arrogant claimant,so no one must have this information.I am a ready to assist you in it, i just need your maximum cooperation. All the documentation will be prepared by the Court for you as the next of kin for claimant.
You are therefore advice to provide me with the all the necessary details needed below and forward to my email so i can contact as soon as possible to my personal email: halabisolicitor@rediff.com
so we can proceed.

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Regards,

Sadid 'Abid Halabi

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