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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,khalifa Al Mulla" <khalifamulla000@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: khalifamulla8888@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 22:32:49 -0000
Subject: From Khalifa Al Mulla,requiring trust and confidentiality,




From: Mr. Khalifa Al Mulla
MANAGER National Bank of Abu Dhab
Hilton Cash-Office Branch Abu Dhabi,
Email: khalifamulla8888@yahoo.com

Dear Friend,

This letter must come to you as a surprise, but I believe it is only a day
that people meet and become great friends and business partners. I am
pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal; I got your e-mail address through an internet yellow page web
directory and decided to contact you and ask for your assistance in this
urgent matter, requiring trust and confidentiality,

I am Mr.Khalifa Al Mulla, the Branch manager, National Bank of Abu Dhab
Hilton Cash-Office Branch Abu Dhabi U.A.E (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES), married
with four children. I am writing this letter to ask for your support and
co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my department,

On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Robert Ebner, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for
twelve calendar months, Valued at US$17,500, 000.00(Seveteen Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only)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 Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Robert Ebner, died
in the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight
990) with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the
website below

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778shtml

Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of
kin, meaning no member of Mr. Robert Ebner family knows about the deposit
therefore ,no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the
money, In order for the bank not to transfer the said sum of Seveteen
Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only (US$17,500,
000.00) as unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury account, the above
stated funds most be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as late
Mr. Robert Ebner, Next of Kin, because According to (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
LAW), at the expiration of (thirteen) years; the money will revert to the
ownership of the (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund,

This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account
officer before I was posted to become the branch manager , now I seek
your collaboration to act as next of kin to late Mr. Robert Ebner to
claim the funds and move them into useful investments, we shall split the
cash between our self upon the confirmation of the money into your
account, I am ready to offer you 35% of the total fund and 60% for me
while 5% will be set aside for any expenses might occur during the
transaction,

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank , I have worked
out the perfect modality as well as I shall provide the relevant
information's and documents for the successful claim and transfer of the
funds in the account that will be provided by you, I can not stand in 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
involve no risk to you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail ,I will
like you to provide me with the following details, bellow to my private
email :

1) Your full names............
2) Your age................
3) Your full address.........
3) Your marital status.........
4) Your occupation/Profession.......
5) Your direct telephone number........
6) Your fax number................
7) Your country of origin ...........
8) Your present location/country.......
9) your private email box ...........

Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction

Without any delay.

Regards

Mr.Khalifa Al Mulla



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