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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: FROM BARRISTER MOHAMED BIN <progressjoseph@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: brmohamedbin@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:54:22 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re: FROM BARRISTER MOHAMED BIN ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLOGY



FROM THE DESK OF
BARRISTER MOHAMED
BIN
MOHAMED BIN LAW CHAMBERS SOLICITOR &
ADVOCATE
NO. 45 JALAN METRO PRIMA TAMAN
FADASON
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA.
DIRECT LINE:+601487647.
CONTACT EMAIL:brmohamedbin@gmail.com

 
ATTENTION:


                                          
 بسم الله الرحمن
الرحيم
 
My name is Barrister Mohamed Bin, an attorney







at law chambers of Mohamed Bin Chamber
Solicitor &
Advocate in Kuala Lumpur -
Malaysia .
 
A deceased client of mine
whose
name is
the same last name with you, who herein after shall be referred to as my
client,
died together with his family on December 26

-2004 as a result
of Tsunami Disaster. I am contacting you because you have the same
surname as my
deceased client and I felt that you could help me in the distribution of
funding
that were left in my deceased client's bank account. This funding is
closed to
be declared UN-serviceable by the bank as there were no indicated next
of kin or
next of beneficiary of the funding in the bank account.
 
The
total
amount of cash in the bank account of my deceased client is US$8.4 Million (Eight Million Four Hundred Thousand United







States
Dollar) only. The bank had issued to me a
notification to contact the next of kin of my deceased client or the
account
will be confiscated.
 
My proposition to you is to seek your
consent,
and to present your kind self as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my
deceased
client, since you have the same last name with him. This means that the
proceeds
of his bank account would be paid to you as his next of kin or the
legitimate
beneficiary. We would share the percentage on a mutually agreed-upon 60%
for me
and 40% to your kind self.
  
All the legal documents to back up
the
claim as my client's next-of-kin would be provided by me. This will be
executed
under a legitimate arrangement that would protect you from any breach of
the
law.
 
If this business proposition offends your moral and ethic
values,
do accept my sincere apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you
to
exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary
confidential,
whatever your decision, while I await your prompt
response.
 

Best regards,
Barr Mohamed
Bin{Esq}










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