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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: "Barr Tunku Abdul Rahman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrirabdulrahmanchambers1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 22:16:56 -0700
Subject: Wait To Hear From You.

Attention,

My name is Barrister Tunku AbdulRahman (Esq.) a personal attorney to my late client foreigner, a deceased client of mine, that died as a result of a plane crash happened dated Wednesday 27th,june 2007. He worked with an oil firm here in Malaysia, also a well known Philanthropist who died along with his entire family.

And in the record there is no successor to the deposit of the deceased who died without a will. This plane crash happened Wednesday 27th, June 2007 in Cambodia city.

The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated as Unclaimed Dividends. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client who died without a will,

I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as next-of-kin of the
deceased since you are a foreigner. You can view the recorded:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6243842.stm

My late Client has a deposit of Eight Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars
(US$8.500,000) Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars left behind.

My conditions:

1. The sum of US$8.500,000 Million only will be transfer into your account
after the processing of all relevant legal documents with your name as the
bonfide beneficiary,the transfer will be made within 4 working days.

2. This deal must be kept between you and i forever, and all correspondence
will be strictly by email/telephone, for security purposes.

3. There should be no third parties as most problem associated with your fund
release are caused by your agents or representative.If you AGREE with my
conditions, l advise you to send the following:

A: Your Full name and address
B: Your direct telephone number
C: Sex And Age
D: Occupation.
E: Copy of International passport or Driver's License

This will enable us commence all the legal documents immediately for the
release fund to you.

Best regards,
Barrister Tunku AbdulRahman (Esq.)

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