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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. Zaheya E. Attar." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zaheyae.attar@postribe.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 09:27:07 -0500
Subject: Please Reply Immediately

From Mr.Zaheya E.Attar.
Manager Emirates NBD {national bank of Dubai} Khalediya
Branch.Moon tower,Zayed 1st street, Khalediya.
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
Email: zaheyae.attar@postribe.com

I am pleased to get across to you for a very confidential and profitable
business proposal.I got your contact while searching for a reliable person
who would assist me to execute this life time business opportunity in my
department.I deemed it fit to contact you to seek your assistance in this
profitable project which requires trust and confidentiality.

An American/Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Chevron
Petroleum Corporation Company,made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for
twelve Years,Valued at US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars) in my branch
upon maturity.I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply.

After a month,we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers,the Chevron Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Richard
Burson died with his wife Mrs.Lenor Burson in a plane crash on October
31,1999,(an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on
board.Find the website before for your perusal.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

The most astonishing of my discovery was that,all records bear no next of
kin,meaning no member of Late Mr.Richard Burson family knows about the
deposit,therefore no member of his family will ever come forward to claim
the fund.to avoid the bank to transfer the stipulate fund in a dormant as
unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury account,the above stated funds
must be claimed immediately by somebody who would stand as the Next of Kin
of the late Mr. Richard Burson as the beneficiary,because according to the
financial laws of United Arab Emirates,at the expiration of twelves years
{12},this money will be reverted to the ownership of the Government
treasury account if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Furthermore,this revelation is only known to me because I was his personal
account officer in our bank before I was transferred to this present
office.Hence I seek your collaboration to act as next of kin/beneficiary
to late Mr.Richard Burson to claim the funds and move them into useful
investments,we shall split the cash between our selves upon the
confirmation of the money into your deem fit bank account.I am ready to
offer you 40% of the total fund and 60% for me.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank,I have worked
out the perfect modality on how to claim the fund and I shall provide the
relevant information and documents for the successful claim and transfer
of the funds in the account that would be provided by you,I can not stand
at the forefront of this transaction because I work with the bank,that is
why I have come to you for assistance,be rest assured that this project
involves 100% risk free. Upon the receipt of your acceptance mail,I shall
then provide you with more details that will help you understand this
transaction.I will like you to provide immediately your private phone
number and fax numbers for easy communication.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:
zaheyae.attar@postribe.com

Regards,
Mr.Zaheya E.Attar
Emirates NBD
National bank of Dubai Khalediya branch

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