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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: Info Salim
Reply-To: <mohdahmedsaleem@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2015 01:23:08 +0530
Subject: DEAR FRIEND


From: Mr. Salim Mohd Ahmed
Manager National Bank of Dubai
Umm Al Quwain Branch
Shaikh Faisal Street U.A.E
mohdahmedsaleem@yahoo.com
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Dear Friend,
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable bu=
siness proposal, I Got your-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. Salim Mohd Ahmed, the Branch manager, National Bank of Dubai Umm =
Al Quwain Branch UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, married with four children. I am wr=
iting this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out thi=
s business opportunity in my department.
=

On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corpo=
ration, Mr. David Ameeraly, made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve=
calendar months, Valued at US$16,500,000.00(sixteen Million Five Hundred T=
housand Dollars )in my branch upon maturity.I sent a routine notification t=
o his forwarding address but got no reply .After a month, we sent a reminde=
r and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Petroleum Corp=
oration that Mr. David Ameeraly, died in the plane crash On October 31, 199=
9, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as yo=
u can
confirm it yourself via the website below:(BBC WORLD NEWS: http://news.bbc=
.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm
=

On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL a=
nd attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made furth=
er investigation and discovered that Mr. David Ameeraly. did not declare an=
y next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his ban=
k deposit
paperwork in my bank. This sum of US$16,500,000.00 and the interest is bei=
ng rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will =
ever come forward to claim it According to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW, at the=
expiration of (Eighteen years); the money will revert to the ownership of =
the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
=

my proposal is that I will like you to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Da=
vid Ameeraly, so that the fruit of this old man's labor will not get into t=
he hands of some corrupt Government officials. This is simple, I will like =
you to provide immediately your full name and address so that I can forward=
to you the contact of our bank Attorney for the prepare the necessary docu=
ments and affidavits which will put you in place as the next of kin. Any ba=
nk account in any part of the world, which you will provide, will then faci=
litate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in ratio of 60% f=
or me and you 40% .Furthermore, I want you to be rest assure that there is=
no risk in this transaction at all. is bank to bank, no risk trust me.
The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my pos=
ition as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this tra=
nsaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private e=
mail address below, upon your responses, I shall provide you with more deta=
ils
and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.
=

Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transa=
ction would be most profitable
for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share =
in your country.
Please upon the receipt of this mail message, send to me the following to =
enable me start the processing the
transfer,
=

1.Your Full Name.
=

2.Your House Address.
=

3.Your Phone Number and Fax,
=

Thank You And God Bless You.
Sincerely
=

From: Mr. Salim Mohd Ahmed,
Manager National Bank of Dubai
Umm Al Quwain Branch
Shaikh Faisal Street U.A.E
mohdahmedsaleem@yahoo.com
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