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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: ALBERT CHIU <albertchiu@sify.com>
Reply-To: fzlks9@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 01:58:19 -0500
Subject: HOW ARE YOU

DEAR,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from U.K ENGLAND.
Presently I'm in U.K ENGLAND, for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts
to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some
how.


Now contact my Bank Officer MR FAZIL UMAIR in Malaysia for your $2
million united state dollar, his information is below:


Contact him now.
MR FAZIL UMAIR,
fzlks9@gmail.com
+6017 235-3951

Ask him to transfer the deposited fund of USD$2 million (two million
united state dollars) which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

Contact him with your contact email address and ask him wire the fund into
your bank account by wire transfer. I appreciated your efforts at that
time very much. So feel free and get in touch with MR FAZIL UMAIR and
instruct him to wire transfer the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the sufferings at that time. in the moment, I'm very busy
here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are
having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to MR
FAZIL UMAIR on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in
touch with him without any delay.

Yours Faithfully.
Barrister Albert

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