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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. Abdul Wahid Omar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mr.abdulwahidomar@mail.mn>
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:22:57 +0800
Subject: CIMB BANK GROUP MALAYSIA:

Notification



CIMB BANK GROUP MALAYSIA
ADDRESS: JALAN PARR
617 JALAN PARRY 60100
MIRI KUALA LUMPUR
MALAYSIA

I am Mr. Abdul Wahid Omar, from one of the CIMB BANK here in Malaysia.

We want to transfer to overseas account ($28,000.000.00 USD) million United States Dollars) from CIMB BANK here in Malaysia, I want to ask you, If you are not Capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately To receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business trusting in You and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.


I work with the Auditing Department of one of the CIMB BANK here in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, during the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an Account opened in the bank in 1999 and since 2005 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in the records I discovered that the Owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.


The owner of this account is (Mike Pable Anderson) a foreigner, a great industrialist and he died since 2002.No other person knows about this account or anything Concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that until his death he was the director of PINE GOLD [pty] Malaysia. We will start the first transfer with Eight Million [$8,000.000] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your account. The total amount involve is Twenty Eight million United States Dollars only [$28,000.000.00].


I want to first transfer $8,000.000.00 [Eight million United States Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest. But I don't know any Foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local person here, without valid international foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the a/c is a foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.


I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together, immediately after the first transfer before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.


I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this Account, which I will give to you upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who Is deeply involved with me in this business. I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me down. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount, 60% will be for me. I will appreciate your immediately respond.


Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Abdul Wahid Omar.

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