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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: Caroline Latif <latif@al-haramain.com>
Reply-To: atmcodeunit@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 06:50:19 -0800
Subject: Hello Dear Friend,



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Hello Dear Friend,

Please i want you to read this letter very carefully and i must
apologize for barging this message into your mail box without any formal
introduction due to the urgency and confidential of this issue and i
know that this message will come to you as a surprise, Please this is
not a joke and i will not like you to treat it with utmost secrecy and
seriousness.

I am Mrs Caroline Latif, from Malaysia, a staff of Trust Union West Bank
Plc, in United States of America. I Hope that you will not expose or
betray this trust and confident that i am about to establish with you
for the mutual benefit of both of us.

As a chief Accountant Officer, I have discovered the sum of $35.5Million
USD from the account of our deceased client Alhaji Saif Maktub, a well
known wealthy businessman from Saudi Arabia, who died in a plane crash
with his family some years ago. Now, the bank officials want to divert
the fund to the United States Treasury Account, but i refused, and i
presented your name to the bank remittance department, and told them
that you are the legal relative and NEXT OF KIN to the deceased, and
therefore i told them that you are willing to claim the fund as you have
every legal right.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring this sum sum of
$35.5Million USD) million usd into your account within 7 banking days.
This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim since
the owner of this fund died along with his entire family and supposed
next of kin in an air crash since July 31 2000. I want the bank to
release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer
while i come over to your country to share this fund with you as soon as
you confirm this fund into your account and ask me to come over.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete
it if you are not interesting. Upon the receipt of your reply and
indication of your capability, i will give you full details on how the
business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the
above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me while
60% will be for me, Because i don't want anyone here in our bank to know
my involvement until you confirm this fund into your account and ask me
to come over for the sharing as i indicated. Please, don't entertain any
atom of fear because the transaction is 100% risk free.

Note that, to be relation with the deceased or not will not impose or
prevent you to claim the money, the fact is that whatever information we
will present to the bank should be accurate. Rests assured that I will
provide all the necessary information which the bank may require from
you during the process to make sure everything goes well and fast.

If you agree to assist me as i have demanded, then provide the following
details so i will submit it immediately for quick processing and
transfer of the fund to you.

1: Full Name:
2: Full Address:
3: Occupation:
4: Age and Sex:
5: Work Place and Address:
6: Mobile and Home Telephone Numbers:

As soon as you provide the above required details, i will immediately
submit your file, and i will make sure that the fund is quickly
processed and transferred to you as the legal NEXT OF KIN.

I will provide you with every necessary information and legal
assistance, to enable you claim the fund successfully as the legal NEXT
OF KIN. Contact me with my details as stated below:

Name: Mrs Caroline Latif
Private E-mail: latif.caro@outlook.com

Am looking forward to hearing from you for more detail information.

Thanks with my best regards

Mrs Caroline Latif

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