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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: "NAJIB ABDULLAH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <najibabdullah2k2@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 07:22:16 +0800
Subject: Urgent Responds its Needed

FROM THE DESK OF
NAJIB ABDULLAH LAW CHAMBERS
LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE
20 JALAN TUN RAZAK
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
EMAIL:najiblawabullah@greatrealities.com
DIRECT LINE +60-146430598             
 
Attention:
 
 
Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by my law
 
firm,NAJIB ABDULLAH Law Chambers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. My name
 
is BARRISTER NAJIB BIN ABDULLAH.A personal attorney to my late
 
client Mr.Abdullah A. Rahman  who worked with an oil firm here in
 
Malaysia, Mr.Abdullah A. Rahman a well known Philanthropist who died
 
along with his entire family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in
 
Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50p.m. ET as
 
reported on :
 
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html.  Before
 
he died, he made a Will in my law firm stating that $5.2M five
 
million Two Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars only) should be donated to
 
any Philanthropist of our choice outside Malaysia (Overseas.)
 
My chambers  conducted  a random draw which was supervised by the
 
Ministry of justice, The attorney General of Malaysia and AFFIN BANK
 
Malaysia the bank where the money was  deposited by my late client
 
Mr Abdullah A.Rahman,and your name and e-mail address was picked as
 
the beneficiary to this (WILL). I am particularly interested in
 
securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice
 
instructing my chamber to produce the beneficiary of this Will
 
within three weeks which happens to be you or else the money will be
 
credited to the Government treasury as per law here
in my country Malaysia.
 
It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late
 
client.Mr.Abdullah A. Rahman. You are required to contact me
 
immediately to start the process of transfering this money to any of
 
your designated official bank account. I urge you to contact me
 
immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has
 
given us a date limit.
 
Please contact me urgently via my personal email address as follows:
 
najibabdullah2k2@gmail.com
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
 
Regards,
 
Advocate Najib Bin Abdullah
Attorney-at-Law

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