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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: "Siti Ghazali" <info@cimb.org>
Reply-To: siti.ghazali11@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 22 Jan 2012 12:58:14 +0800
Subject: Greetings From Malaysia

Dear Friend,

Compliments of the day to you. By way of introduction,I am
Siti Ghazali,
a staff of Private Banking Services at the CIMB Bank
(Malaysia).
I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of
this mail confidential
and respect the integrity of the information you come by as
a result of this mail.
I have a business proposal which I believe would be of
interest to you. It concerns
a deceased client and an estate he left behind, without
naming a
beneficiary to There is US$ 8,370,000.00 deposited , I
alone have the
deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one
unless I instruct
them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this
deposit for as far as
CIMB is concerned, the transaction with our deceased
customer
concluded when I sent the funds to the firm, all
outstanding interactions in
relation to the file are just customer services and due
process. They
are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to
any party
that comes forward. This is the situation. This bank has
spent great
amounts of money trying to track this man's family; they
have
investigated for months and have found no family. The
investigation has
come to an end.
My proposal; I am prepared to place you in a position to
give instruction for the release of the deposit to you as
the closest
Surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am
prepared to share the
money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you
as the next of
kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the
proceeds 50/50..
If its in your interest to proceed with the transaction,
please respond to this email account "(
sitighazali13@hotmail.com )" I will give
you a detailed account of the source and origin of the
estate as well as
the transaction proper.I anticipate your cooperation.

Regards,
Siti Ghazali.

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