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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: Emirates <mohd@eim.ae>
Reply-To: <mohdshehi@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 09:11:48 -0700
Subject: 05/06/2017

Emirates National Bank of Dubai
Baniyas Square, Deira,
Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Dear Valued Customer

I have been mandated to inform you that your inheritance/contract fund with our bank is due for release into your nominated bank account.

The audit report given to us, shows that you have been going through hard times to see to the release of your funds, which has been delayed by some dubious officials. We therefore advise that you stop further communication with any correspondence outside this office.

Kindly give us your contact details such as full names, telephone number, address and email contact in order to process and send your funds without further delay.

For and On behalf of:

Jamal Bin Ghalaita
Chief Executive Officer, Emirates Islamic
Emirates NBD (Islamic Bank Department)
Telephone: +971526574638; Fax: +971524883101
Email: jghalaita@emirates.net.ae
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Yours Faithfully

Mohamed Hamad Obaid Al Shehi
MD, ENBD, Islamic Banking Department
################################################################################################ AVISO LEGAL. Este mensaje, su contenido y cualquier archivo transmitido con él, están dirigidos únicamente a su destinatario y es confidencial. Por ello, se informa a quien lo reciba por error o tenga conocimiento del mismo sin ser su destinatario, que la información contenida en él es reservada y su uso no autorizado, por lo que en tal caso le rogamos nos lo comunique por la misma vía o por teléfono, así como que se abstenga de reproducir el mensaje mediante cualquier medio o remitirlo o entregarlo a otra persona, procediendo a su borrado de manera inmediata. SESPEC, AGENTE DE SEGUROS y/o cualquier empresa de su grupo, se reservan las acciones legales que le correspondan contra todo tercero que acceda de forma ilegítima al contenido de cualquier mensaje externo emitido por la misma. Sus datos personales contenidos en esta comunicación han sido recogidos de los contactos mantenidos por Ud., con personal SESPEC, AGENTE DE SEGUROS y han sido incorporados a un fichero de contactos comerciales cuya finalidad es la de mantener con usted relaciones comerciales. Podrá ejercer sus derechos de acceso, rectificación, cancelación y oposición ante el Responsable del Archivo de SESPEC, AGENTE DE SEGUROS. LEGAL ADVICE. This message, its content and any file attached thereto is for the intended recipient only and is confidential. If you have received this e-mail in error or had access to it, you should note that the information in it is private and any use thereof is unauthorised. In such an event please notify us by e-mail or by telephone. Any reproduction of this e-mail by whatsoever means and any transmission or dissemination thereof to other persons is prohibited. It should be deleted immediately from your system. SESPEC, AGENTE DE SEGUROS and any company of the group reserves the right to take legal action against any person unlawfully gaining access to the content of any external message it has emitted. Any contact details contained within emails exchanged with SESPEC, AGENTE DE SEGUROS may be recorded for subsequent incorporation into a client database. You have the right to access and rectify said data or to request that the data be removed by contacting the Data Protection Manager at SESPEC, AGENTE DE SEGUROS. ################################################################################################

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