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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: Razaq Sultan Kazeem <klcddc777@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ddc_klc@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 00:48:43 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: VERY CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE..

VERY CONFIDENTIAL AND PRIVATE.

My office has audited the Kuala Lumpur City Department of Design and Construction (KLCDDC) regarding the last 5 years contractors payments released to companies/individuals that completed their contracts. We audit agencies such as KLCDDC as a means of ensuring compliance with procedures for recovering City Funds. The audit found that KLCDDC did not issue payment release instructions to few contractors in 2009/2010, which was as a result of design errors and change order work.


It was further discovered that all errors were corrected, and some pending payments went through, except two other payments that were given approvals but not released during the Fiscal Years 2009 and 2010 up to $172,580,340 and $94,660,505. Furthermore, the Department did not always adhere to standards to preclude designs errors and omissions from occurring in the first place. Additionally, the audit identified problems with classifying change orders and with accurately recording information about change order classifications in KLCDDC's Standardized Change Order Record-Contract Overrun Request Entry (SCORE) system.

As the case may be, the KLCDDC were not aware of this pending funds, until it was brought to their notice after the auditing, therefore, KLCDDC have these two aforementioned payments pending in their payment data system, and from the files that we checked, the two unpaid contractors files are missing, thus, my boss have the co-operation of KLCDDC's senior officials to invite or source for a reliable and trustworthy individuals or companies that can apply for the payments. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants, we cannot acquire these monies in our names or company's names, thus, we intend to re-profile the unpaid contract payment' s file to your name or company's name, to aid the KLCDDC to release the funds to you/your company. The transaction is risk free and will be executed under a legitimate platform, all we need to do is to employ the services of an attorney (lawyer) that will prepare an acquisition agreement, making you or your company as the owner of on!
e of the two payments.

However, before i proceed, i wish to introduce myself properly, I am Razaq Sultan Kazeem, Senior Audit Officer under the City of KL Office of the Comptroller, and as a matter of fact I was asked to contact you to draw your attention to this beneficial matter. So kindly let me know if you are interested in taking up the task, and upon your response, you shall be given further details and documents as regards the issue at hand.

If you have any questions concerning this report, please email my audit bureau at ddc_klc@yahoo.com

Sincerely.
Razaq Sultan Kazeem
KL, MALAYSIA.



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