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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. Zaheya E. Attar" <zahbank@aol.com>
Reply-To: nationalnbn@aol.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 17:54:01 +0700
Subject: From Mr. Zaheya E. Attar.





From Mr. Zaheya E. Attar.
Manager Emirates NBD {national bank of Dubai} Khalediya
Branch. Moon tower, Zayed 1st street, Khalediya.
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
Email: nationalnbn@aol.com or zahbank@aol.com

I am pleased to get across to you for a very confidential and profitable
business proposal. I got your contact while searching for a reliable
person who
would assist me to execute this life time business opportunity in my
department.
I deemed it fit to contact you to seek your assistance in this profitable
project which requires trust and confidentiality.

An American/ Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant /Contractor with the Chevron
Petroleum
Corporation Company , made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar
months, Valued at US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million 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 Chevron Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Richard Burson died with
his wife Mrs. Lenor Burson in a plane crash on October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian
Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board. Find the website before
for your perusal.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

The most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no
next of kin,
meaning no member of Late Mr. Richard Burson family knows about the deposit,
therefore no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the fund. to
avoid the bank to transfer the stipulate fund in a dormant as
unclaimed funds to
the emirates treasury account, the above stated funds must be claimed
immediately by somebody who would stand as the Next of Kin of the late Mr.
Richard Burson as the beneficiary, because according to the financial laws of
United Arab Emirates, at the expiration of eleven years {12} , this money will
be reverted to the ownership of the Government treasury account if nobody
applies to claim the fund.

Furthermore, this revelation is only known to me because I was his personal
account officer in our bank before I was transferred to this present office.
Hence I seek your collaboration to act as next of kin/beneficiary to late Mr.
Richard Burson to claim the funds and move them into useful investments, we
shall split the cash between our selves upon the confirmation of the
money into
your deem fit bank account. I am ready to offer you 40% of the total fund and
60% for me.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, Ive worked out the
perfect modality on how to claim the fund and I shall provide the relevant
information and documents for the successful claim and transfer of the
funds in
the account that would be provided by you, I can not stand at the forefront of
this transaction because I work with the bank, that is why I have come to you
for assistance, be rest assured that this project involves 100% risk
free. Upon
the receipt of your acceptance mail, I shall then provide you with
more details
that will help you understand this transaction. I will like you to provide
immediately your private phone number and fax numbers for easy communication.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:
nationalnbn@aol.com or zahbank@aol.com


Regards,
Mr. Zaheya E. Attar
Emirates NBD
National bank of Dubai Khalediya branch

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