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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.Hussien Ahamed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hussienahmedd1@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:11:52 +0300
Subject: RE:Urgent Need.

For your kind attention,

Please do accept my apology for contacting you through this medium .My name is Mr.Hussien Ahamed.I am a practicing lawyer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I want you to please take your time and go through this mail. I want to introduce you into a business I know will be of high mutual benefits to the both of us only if you can give it a thought and reply with interest.

I have a client whom I was handling all the financial aspect of his businesses. A nationality of your country. He lived and worked here in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as a contractor with PETRONAS Malaysia. He died in 2003 in a ghastly motor accident with the wife and their only daughter. Before his death. He made a deposit with a bank here that valued at Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars($2,800,000). Since after his death, no one has ever come for the claim of these funds. According to the financial law here, any inheritance deposit that has been up to ten years without any one laying claim to it will be confiscated by the bank and channeled into the government treasury purse.

In view of this, I have been informed by the bank to present the next of kin to this my late or the funds will be confiscated and channeled into the government treasury purse. All the effort I made to locate any of his close relative without anyone knowing it has proved abortive. I gave it a though this is a life time opportunity to make money. If not for me and least for the greater future of my children. Having worked for years with been able to make such wealth. Hence I have decided to do a name search using the last name of this my late client. To trace anyone who shares the same last name with him to present to the bank as his next of kin so the proceed of this inheritance will be made to the person's name. Hence I found your last name tallying with that of his own.

Though it was not easy for me to make the decision of contacting you for this business having not known you before or meet with you face to face. But After a deep thought, I decided to give it a trial. To present you with the proposal of presenting you to the bank as my late client next of kin.Please if you do not wish to do this business with me.Do accept my apology, delete the mail and keep it very private and confidential. As if I had never contacted you. But if you find it of interest. I will be glad you let me know so I can furnish you with more details of the business.

I am willing to share this money of an equal percentage with you. Once the funds are transferred to your account by the bank.

Anticipating your urgent and positive response.

Regards

Mr.Hussien Ahamed

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