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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: "Mr.Zaihan Saeed, Branch manager." <markforest1954@att.net>
Reply-To: Mgr.zaihan_saeed100@gmx.com
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:51:58 +0800
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCER.

Attention My Dear Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, I got your e-mail address while browsing the web and I decided to
contact you for an assistance which required trust and confidentiality, I am
Mr.Zaihan Saeed, Branch manager, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, (UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES).

I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out
this business opportunity in my department, On June 6, 1999, an America Oil
consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Arthur Simermeyer, 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 Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Arthur Simermeyer, died in the
plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other
passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the website below.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Most atoning of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin, meaning
no member of Mr. Arthur Simermeyer family knows about the deposit therefore, no
member of his family will ever come forward to claim the money, In order for
the bank not to transfer the said amount as unclaimed funds to the emirates
treasury account,
it must be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as late Mr. Arthur
Simermeyer Next of Kin, because According to (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the
expiration of (Eleven) years; the money will revert to the ownership of the
(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account officer
before I was posted to become the branch manager, now I seek your collaboration
to act as next of kin to late Mr. Arthur Simermeyer, to claim the funds and
move them into useful investments, we shall split the cash between our self
upon the confirmation of the money into your account,

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked out
the perfect modality as well as I shall provide the relevant information's and
documents for the successful claim and transfer of the funds in the account
that will be provided by you, I can not stand in the forefront of this
transaction because I work with the bank,
that is why I have come to you for assistance and be rest assured that this
project is 100% risk free.

Upon the receipt of your acceptance mail me, I will like you to provide me with
the following details,

1]} Your Full Names and Address

2} Direct Telephone Number for easy communication

3} Copy of your international passport/ Driver's license for proper
Identification

4} Full banking coordinate where the account will be transfer into.


Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
without any delay. All reply should be sent to: {Mgr.zaihan_saeed100@gmx.com}

Regards
Mr.Zaihan Saeed.

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