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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. Zahea E Attar." <zaheyae.attar@ymail.com>
Reply-To: zaheyaeattar@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 04:08:52 +0400
Subject: Mr.Zaheya .E.Attar



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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: zaheyaeattar@outlook.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 calendar months, 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 crash on his private jet
on his way to texas on October 31, 1999,

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 {14 years} 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, Ive 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:
zaheyaeattar@outlook.com

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

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