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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: "Fae Shahri" <faeshahri@live.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:29:37 +0500 (TJT)
Subject: URGENT REQUEST


DEAR SIR/MADAM
I am very sorry to intrude into your personal privacy. Obviously, I know
this is not the usual consistent manner or medium most especially for the
first time. Please accept my apologies.

My name is Mrs Fae Shahri, Manager Foreign Remittance Department, CIMB
BANK in Malaysia. I got your email while searching for business
associates on the Internet based in a foreign country, do not be
offended if I have approached you wrongly.

Please I will like you to assist me in a business proposal that will be
of mutual benefit to us. It is my duty to send a financial report to my
head office at the end of each financial year. Following the release of
the
second quarter financial report, ending June 2011, I discovered an account
that has been dormant for some years with the sum of Thirty three million
four Hundred thousand US Dollars ($33,400,000.00); belonging to our
customer who died without any beneficiary to these funds.

I have moved the funds into what the Bank call Escrow Call Account with
no beneficiary. Meanwhile as you know I can not be directly connected to
this money for obvious reasons. Only me is aware of this funds, Please
my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in your Bank account
in your country, you will get 45% of the total funds as your benefit.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this business
transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a justified arrangement
that will protect you from any Breach of the Law.

The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired
transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor
of this funds. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the
deposit in my branch, so that my head office will immediately order the
transfer of the funds to your designated Bank Account.

I will like you to understand that this business is risk free and should
not be disclosed to anyone.
Please do write me for briefing and clarification, because the funds are
ready to be transferred to you, please I will like you to be honest with
me and help provide an account that will be used to transfer the funds, I
hope to hear from you soon so that the transfer process can start
immediately.

I will send you full details on how the Project will be executed; I want
you to
furnish me with these details:
(1)NAME..............
(2)AGE:................
(3)SEX:....................
(4)PHONE NUMBER:.................
(5)OCCUPATION :....................
(6)YOUR COUNTRY:....................


Reply me through my private email account (faeshahri@live.com)

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Best Regards
Mrs FAE SHAHRI

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