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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: Azmi Bin Ahmad <urgentbiz.mapellainfo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.azmibinahmad46@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:51:51 +0200
Subject: SALAM FROM AZMI MALAYSIA...


*Hello My Dear*,

My name is *Mr Azmi*, am 46 years old, am married with a daughter but
my wife is late. I work with *MayBank2U in Malaysia Kuala lumpur plc* and
my position in May-Bank is foreign remittance department, that is my post
in the May-Bank where i work.

I will like to confirm to you that am oblige to transact this business
with you. I Need your full assistance to stand as a beneficiary *(Next of
Kin)* to the sum of *US$18.8millions united state dollars* lying down
unclaimed in our bank, What really happened is that during the course of
our auditing last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened
in the bank in the year *2000 *and since *2001 *nobody has operated on this
account again. After going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a *[Heir/WILL]* hence
the money is floating and if I do not remove this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing that's the reason why am contacting and
trusting in you as my real blood brother so that we can claim out this said
fund and share it between yourself....Okay

The owner of this account *ABDULRAHMAN HAMAD AL BASSAM was an ARABIAN
MAN from SAUDI ARABIA* who was a a great industrialist and Oil Merchant,
Who was a foreign contractor with the Federal Government of MALAYSIA,
Unfortunately lost his life in a car accident along Summit Hotel road here
in Malaysia including his wife and His only kid. Ever since his death the
money has been lying unclaimed leaving no one behind to claim it... i want
us to claim out this money so that you and i will use it to take good care
of our future family and after when we finish this business transaction we
will also help the poor people ...because i always wish to help the poor
people...Okay

So I really need your co-operation to claim this money because only
someone from foreign country can stand as the beneficiary. And the Banking
law stipulates that any money lying unclaimed for eight years will be
transferred to federal government suspect account with central Bank of
Malaysia. *C B M* Please i need your assistance to achieve this great
chance because i do not wish this money to be transferred to Central bank
of Malaysia because it will be shared among the top directors who are
KAFFIR, i swear to GOD am the only one that knows about this said
*FUND*and the secrete account. No other person knows about this
account or
anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account.
The total amount involve is *US$18.8millions United States Dollars* only
and I wish this money should be transfer into a safe foreigners account
abroad in your country. That’s the reason why am contacting you foreigners
that lives abroad to do this business transaction with me because you and i
will benefit allot at the end...Okay

But I don't know any foreigner; I am only contacting you as a foreigner
because this money can not be approved to a local person here in Malaysia,
but to a foreigner who has information about the account and which am ready
to tell you because i know everything about this fund. I am revealing this
to you with believe in *GOD* that you will never let me down in this
business I know, *GOD* blessing are miraculous and unlimited; and if it is
Yours and mine turn now for some money, (it is only a stuff for
exchange)....we must be open and ready to receive it. We can make some of
our dreams come true, and that is what life is all about: To live a rich
and happy life, and everybody has the right and ability to live a richer
life, it all comes from inside, your deepest. Instincts from our attitude
to all life. "Everything alive is sacred, life delights in life" I need
your strong assurance that you will never let me down, I guarantee that
this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. I will destroy all documents of
transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance
from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments...Okay

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given *50%* of the total
amount, while *50%* will be for me. Please i want you to be honest with me
because this money is a golden opportunity to me and you, i do not want us
to loose it, i believe trust goes two ways Friend, and of cause we must
watch out in this "crazy" world and listen to the silent whispering voice
inside, which always tell us the truth. My experience in life is: We must
trust in our higher self, then we are guided...Every wise men and women
throughout centuries always had the knowledge that everything is connected
with another, and the physicians have proven it scientifically in the
quantum theory today.

For the business to be effected i will need the following information from
you.

Number .1.Your full name: .............

Number .2.Your full residential address: ............

Number .3.Your direct private telephone number:...............

Number .4.Your date of birth and:..................

Number .5.Your nationality:................

Number .6.your sex:..........................

Number .7.your occupation work:......................

Number .8.you private email address:.............

With all these information i will successfully inputs your name in the
necessary files and also insert your information into the bank central
computer as the next of kin to the late depositor and the sole beneficiary
of the unclaimed fund after the demise of the depositor.

Note that i need to insert your name into the bank central computer and
a file will be opened in your name, so with these information i will
definitely commence with the processing of the fund in your name, so that
when you are contacting the bank your name will appear in the bank central
computer as the next of kin to the late depositor... i promise so shall it
be.....Okay I want you to know that this transaction is 100%risk free
because all necessary documents to prove you as the beneficiary will be
processed with your name. I want you to handle this business offer with
utmost confidentiality and keep it as a top secret because my Bank must not
know that i gave you this information.....i hope you understand me..?

Furthermore after the whole processing of the fund in your name you will
need to contact the bank which i shall give you the contact information and
the required proofs which you shall offer the bank as the heir and you will
apply for the transfer of the fund into your nominated Bank account. After
you might have applied for the release of the said fund and as soon as your
letter reach the desk of the director an official and professional response
will be given to your letter of application, an official verification will
be followed to screen your information contained in your application letter
in the bank central computer and i assure you that your information will be
met in the bank central computer as the real next of kin, beneficiary and
claimant of the said fund. As soon as you are been confirmed as the next of
kin, the bank director will give you an official invitation to come down to
Malaysia because there are valuable and vital governmental certificate and
banking documents that required your original signature which you are to
sign here in Malaysia originally as the beneficiary of the fund before the
release of the fund could be effected. In this case i will advise you to
apply for the documents to be sent to you by courier service at your own
cost meaning that you will have to pay the courier fee that may be charged
by the bank to enable the industry send you the documents due to your
inability to come down to Malays to sign the documents. If this is agreed
by you I want you to state it clearly in your reply.

Immediately you apply for the vital and valuable governmental
certificates and documents to be sent to you by courier service the bank
director will ask you to send the courier fee and as soon as you send the
courier fee the whole documents will be sent to you by courier service and
you will have these documents signed originally in accordance with the bank
procedure after you finish to sign the documents the fund will be released
to your account in the next 4 to 5 working days. As soon as u receives the
money in your bank account, i shall take my leave to your country for my
own share of the money and i shall settle down in *YOUR COUNTRY* & invest
there. I will also go into partnership business with u if u care but i
intend to go into *REAL ESTATE* and also i want both of us to use some part
of our shares to help the poor people. I hope you understand me? If so
please act in accordance with me by sending me a mail with require
information needed for the commencement of the processing of the fund.

Note that your utmost confidentiality as regards this transaction is
required. You are to keep it as a top secret and confidential matters for
us to progress, achieve our aims and finally for security reason I look
forward to your earliest reply to this issue or send reply or



Contact me directly on my private cell phone number: +*60102805502 OR*

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*Private Email:* azmiruhimurgent046@gmail.com

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*Thanks*

*Mr. Azmi Bin Ahmad.*

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