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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: barrister Abdul Mohammed <barr.abdulmohammedassociates1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2014 17:52:22 +0800
Subject: Hello!!

Greetings to you and your household.I am barrister Abdul Mohammed and i am
a legal practitioner by profession. i am contacting you to sick for your
participation in legit profitable transaction i will like to share with you
which i am sure you will be interested in and i must say here that you been
favoured to gain favour from Mr. Faartir Ibrahim my late client. All my
service days to him, I have never seen him have so much belief in a person
looking at all the life experiences which he has gone through.It is obvious
that his health has failed him and the decision to will his wealth to
someone else was not taking on time, I think is the best option looking at
lots children across the globe especially motherless kids that needs urgent
help. when he was sick i doubt if he will survive the sickness but its was
so bad that the sickness took his life.I was his personal Attorney in
charge of must of all his wealth,So after the funeral i have to bring all
the document to his family because must of his property he has already
placed next of kin to it all expect the funds i helped him deposited in the
security company with his name as my client which he sold from his
properties in Europe.


I deposited this funds worth ($7.5 million united state dollars) in the
security company for safe keeping as he said he was not yet ready to use it
for any other business because i had some serious business issue we where
both trying to solve and this funds has been in a private security company
up-till the time he passed away in 2010 up-till now nothing has been done,i
have kept the SKR (Safe Keeping Receipt) safe with me for the passed 4
years but now i have decided to do justice to the funds by looking for a
reliable person which i will place as the next of kin to the funds because
i can not claim this funds in person.So please let me know if you are
willing to follow my instruction for us to make success on this transaction
as i will guide you through on how its to be done and note i will not be
requesting any money from you as i will have all the necessary paper work
done as its my job,your only participation should be as soon as you have
been accepted as the next of Kin and the funds are granted in your name at
the security company you shall arrive Malaysia here to meet with the
security company to complete the documentation and clearance and at the
success of this project we shall give 20% to charity organisation and have
the remaining amount shared 50/50 as i am not a greedy person.

Firstly, I need to establish a relationship between you and my chamber.We
need your details for reference purposes and identification. This will help
me apply for to the security company for fund release. I need the scanned
copy of your identification (passport, driving license), work contact
address,age,and occupation.finally phone number so that i can reach you one
on one.

*Best Regards,*

*MOHAMMED CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES*
*Suite 12-01 & 12-02 Level 12 Menara Tjb*
*No. 9 Jalan Syed Mohd. Mufti,*
*Johor Bahru 80000, Johor - Malaysia.*
*Email: barr.abdulmohammedassociates1@gmail.com
<barr.abdulmohammedassociates1@gmail.com>*

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