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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: "Mr.Paul May" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulmay184@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 01:40:51 +0300
Subject: Contact Mr.Beng.

Attention Sir/Madam,

We are an independent auditing financial,consultant and risk management firm known as Financial Solutions.We are located at Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.South East Asia.We deal with all kinds of financial affairs for the Government,private,public personal etc.both Locally and International.We also deal and provide solutions with the issues concerning unclaimed fund,assets,stocks, bonds, dormant savings account, security deposits, inheritance etc.We are currently serving as claims/fund distribution agent to Sweepstakes companies.

We are currently appointed by the Malaysian Financial Regulatory Body to act on your behalf regarding a notification received from a Safe Deposit Security Company in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.Which specializes in holding funds for both private and public individuals.

According to information.We were informed that this Safe Deposit Security is currently holding, for you, funds valued at Five Million, Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($5,800,000.00).This fund according to the information received was as a result of an unfinished business transaction or sweepstakes winning.

We have carried out all the security protocols and has confirmed that you are the rightful owner of this fund and are eligible to receive this funds.But due to International financial Law barriers,you are not allowed to deal directly with this Safe Deposit Security Company without an assistance of a Financial Consultant here in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia to assist you with the claim of this fund and to also provide solutions were necessary. Which is the main reason we are contacting you.

For your information, our service costs for consulting will be paid by the above mentioned authorities, as we are a Government accredited financial consultant and also at there services.

We assure you of all the necessary support required to guarantee a positive result. You have an estimated 7 to 10 days with you to finalize every thing regrading this claim.Please contact the below mentioned for more information –

Contact Name:Mr.Beng Ahmed.
Position: International Financial Consultant
Email address:bengahmed148@gmail.com
Phone:+60143305691

He will provide you with further information necessary on how the claim will be made once you have contacted him. to this letter. We advise you keep this matter very private and confidential to avoid breach of security and issue of double claiming.Endeavor to provide him with the information below for crosschecking:Is very important.


Your File Ref No:FS/121/MY/011
Full Contact Name
Your Full Current Address,
Occupation:
Direct contact cell Number:
Fax Number:


Regards,

Mr.Paul May
Director Financial Solutions






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