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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: "MR MOHAMMED SULTAN" <mr._mohamedsultann@asia.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mohamdsultan1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 07:31:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: ** KINDLY GET BACK TO ME

From: Mr. Mohamed Sultan
Branch Manager National Bank of Abu-Dhabi
Al Bourj Avenue Rd., NBAD bldg., adjacent Rolla sq. P.O.BOX 20606 Shaj, U.A.E

Dear Friend,


I know my email will come as a surprise to you but you really have to
believe me, I have a deal to share with you, I Am the Branch Bank Manager
Of National Bank of Abu Dhabi, UAE. I have a dormant Account (unclaimed)
fund belonging to one of our Late customers American oil merchant Mr. S.
Adam, who died in Egyptian Airline plan crash in 1999. with his wife Mrs.
S. Adam, coupled with his entire family and Mr. S. Adam deposited $8.5
Million US Dollars in our bank in the year 1996. This money have been in
our custody for years and by the end of 2012 if no one comes to claim the
money, it will go into the Treasury Account of UAE Government, I want to
present you as his business partner / next of kin to claim the money so
that the fund will be transferred into your foreign private Account and
50% is for me, 40% is for you, while 10% is for any incurred expenses, I
know we can handle this deal perfectly.

I want you to believe in me it's real and I will use my position as the
Bank branch manager to make sure that everything works out for good, but
you must not allow anybody not even your family to know about this deal
for
security reasons. view this link to be sure
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Please Reply me only on: mohamdsultan1@yahoo.co.jp for full details on how
we can proceed.



Best Regards

Mr. Mohamed Sultan



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