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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: "Dr Adi Bujang" <outmail1@y7.net>
Reply-To: adi.bujang9265@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 02:38:10 +0900
Subject: Next of kin




Greetings from Malaysia

I hope you are doing great today, This is the second time am sending you
this letter, I got your email contact from a business directory on the
internet and decided to contact you regarding this business proposal.

I am Dr Adi Bujang head of Audit department of KAF Investment Bank Kuala
Lumpur Malaysia, Menara Chulan F14 Jalan Conlay 50450 Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia. I am contacting you as regards to a business proposal that will
be of an immense benefit to both of us.

In my department, I discovered an abandoned sum of €8.5 Million EURO
(Eight Million Five Hundred thousand EURO) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customer MRS SURTI DAHLIA, a business woman from the
Netherlands who was a victim of the Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
(MH370/MAS370) that crashed on the south of Indian Ocean on 8th March 2014
en route from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing Capital
International Airport killing everybody on board.

View the Below link for the flight manifest :

http://www.malaysiaairlines.com/content/dam/mas/master/en/pdf/Malaysia%20Airlines%20Flight%20MH%20370%20Passenger%20Manifest.pdf


MRS SURTI DAHLIA is number 130 on the list, The choice of contacting you
aroused from the geographical nature of where you live particularly due to
the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin /Will beneficiary to
the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at €8.5 Million
EURO can be paid to you.

This will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and 50%
to you. I have in my possession all necessary legal documents that can be
used to back up this claim we are about to make with the bank.
All I need is to fill in your names on the documents and legalize it in
the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary.

I need your honest co-operation, confidentiality and trust to enable us
see this transaction through. I guarantee you of 100% success in this
deal, Please be rest assured that this deal will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

If you are interested in this deal, kindly reconfirm the following details
to enable us proceed:

1. your full names:
2. your telephone numbers ( office and mobile )
3. your Fax number:
4. your full contact address:
5. your age/gender:
6. your job/occupation:
7. your private/alternative email address
8. your nationality

I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this proposal
interesting, Please on your confirmation of this message and indicating
your interest, I will furnish you with more information.
This deal has to be done as quickly as possible.

Best Regards,

Dr Adi Bujang
Head of Audit Department
KAF Investment Bank Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
Menara Chulan F14 Jalan Conlay
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia



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