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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: sultan ahmed <sultanlaeisahmed@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 21:47:47 +0700
Subject: Good day my friend

>From The Desk of Mr. Ahmed Al Sultan. Branch Manager National Bank of Abu
Dhabi Al Ain Branch Ali Ibn Abi Talib St, Near Oud Al Tawba Round
About,United Arab Emirates U.A .E


Good day Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, I got your e-mail address in Internet while browsing after I
decided to contact you and ask for your assistance in this urgent matter,
requiring trust and confidentiality. I am Mr. Ahmed Al Sultan, the Branch
manager, National Bank of Abu Dhabi Al Ain Branch,Al Ain BranchAli Ibn Abi
Talib St, Near Oud Al Tawba Roundabout,(UNITED ARABEMIRATES), Married with
Five children.

I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry
out this business opportunity in my department, On June 6, 1999, an America
Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Thomas Stone,
made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, Valued at
US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United State 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 Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Thomas Stone, died
in the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990)
with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the
WEBSITE below for verification (BBC WORLD NEWS. WEBSITE)


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

Most asttorning of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin,
meaning no member of Mr. Thomas Stone, family knows about the deposit
therefore, no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the
money, In order for the bank not to transfer the said sum of Twelve Million
United State Dollars ($12,000,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the emirates
treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed immediately by
somebody standing in as late Mr. Thomas Stone.

Next of Kin, because According to (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the
expiration of (16) Sixteen years; the money will revert to the ownership of
the (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Government if nobody applies to claim the fund,
This revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account
officer before I was posted to become the branch manager, now I seek your
collaboration to act as next of kin to late Mr. Thomas Stone, to claim the
funds and move them into useful investments.

We shall split the cash between our self upon the confirmation of the money
into your account, I am ready to offer you 35% of the total fund and 60%
for me while 5% will be set aside for any expenses might occur during the
transaction. Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, I
have worked out the perfect modality as well as I shall provide the
relevant information's and documents for the successful claim and transfer
of the funds in the account that will be provided by you. I cannot stand in
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
involve no risk to you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail me, I will
like you to provide me with the following details, to my private email
address: ahmed.alsultan@aol.com

(1) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile/Fax Number.
(2) Your Full Name:
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Box.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality:

Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
without any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested.
One Passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with
anybody, if you have any reasons to reject this offer, please and please
destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too bad for
me at my work place, as the Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi, here
in U.A.E.

Thanks for your kind Understanding.

Mr. Ahmed Al Sultan.
Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi Al Ain Branch Ali Ibn Abi Talib
St, Near Oud Al Tawba Round About, United Arab Emirates

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