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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: Mr.Al Hussaini <zattar5@msn.com>
Reply-To: <mohadiahmmd@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2014 19:24:55 +0000
Subject: Very Important Message




>From Mr.Al Hussaini.
Manager Emirates NBD {National Bank Of Dubai,Abu
Dhabi} Sh.Rashid Bin Saeed Al Maktoum Building, Al Falah Road,Al Souk
Al Kabeer,Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
Email: mohadiahmmd@yahoo.com

I
am pleased to get across to you for a very confidential and profitable
business proposal.I got your contact while searching for a reliable
person who would assist me to execute this life time business
opportunity in my department.I deemed it fit to contact you to seek your
assistance in this profitable project which requires trust and
confidentiality.

An American of Iraqi Foreign Oil
Consultant/Contractor with the Royal
Dutch/Shell,Anglo-Persian,CFP,Exxon,Mobil,Atlantic Richfield,Gulf Oil
Corporation,made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for fifteen years,
Valued at 10,000,000.00 USD (Ten Million US Currency) in my branch upon
maturity. Our department 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 Gulf Oil
Corporation that Mr.William Barnes died with his wife Mrs.Tamsin Barnes
in a 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: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

The
most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of
kin, meaning no member of Late Mr.William Barnes family knows about the
deposit,therefore no member of his family will ever come forward to
claim the fund. So to avoid the bank transferring the stipulate fund in a
dormant as unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury account,the above
stated funds must be claimed immediately by somebody who would stand as
the Next of Kin of the late Mr.William Barnes as the beneficiary,because
according to the financial laws of United Arab Emirates,at the
expiration of Fifteen years {15},this money will be reverted to the
ownership of the Government treasury account if nobody applies to claim
the fund.

Furthermore,this revelation is only known to me because
I was his personal account officer in our bank before I was transferred
to this present office.Hence I seek your collaboration to act as next
of kin/beneficiary to late Mr.William Barnes to claim the funds and move
them into useful investments,we shall split the cash between our selves
upon the confirmation of the money into your deem fit bank account.I am
ready to offer you 25% of the total fund.

Please note that by
the virtue of my position in the bank,I have worked out the perfect
modality on how to claim the fund and I shall provide the relevant
information and documents for the successful claim and transfer of the
funds in the account that would be provided by you,I can not stand at
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
involves 100% risk free. Upon the receipt of your acceptance mail,I
shall then provide you with more details that will help you understand
this transaction.I will like you to provide immediately your private
phone number and fax numbers for easy communication.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address: mohadiahmmd@yahoo.com

Regards,
Al Hussaini

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