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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: <hardersrudi111@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 02:01:32 +0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?GET_BACK_TO_ME_AS_SOON_AS_YOU_CAN_?=

Good Day,

I hope you are good today. I am Dr.Rudi Handres

I am the personal banker to Mr. John Allen, a top British personnel who was a victim of the Malaysian Airlines Flight (MH17/MAS17) that got shot down along Ukraine–Russia border on 17 July 2014 en route from Amsterdam Airport to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) loosing 283 passengers and 15 crew on board the flight.

Before this tragic incidence, Mr. John Allen made a fixed deposit of USD9.5 Million (Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) with our Bank.

Since his demise, our Bank has been waiting for the next of kin to come up for the claim of his funds and estates valued the sum of USD9.5 Million but no body has done so, I therefore seek your consent to present you to the Bank as the next of kin to Mr. John Allen so that the proceeds of this account valued at USD9.5 Million can be paid to you.

The deal will be shared in this ratio: 50% to me and 50% to you. I have in my possession all necessary and vital documents that can be used in this deal. 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 both here in Malaysia and in your country.

If you are capable of handling this deal, kindly write me, giving your re-assuring words, then i will furnish you with more information and details to enable us proceed. I decided to contact you hoping that you will find this deal very interesting.

Finally, Don't forget that this is a deal that needs absolute secrecy. And it has to be done as quickly as possible.

Best Regards,

Dr.Rudi Handres

Head of Accounting Audit Department

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