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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: peejay850@gmail.com
Reply-To: phillipem65@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2017 20:31:48 -0500
Subject: VERY URGENT

Manager Islamic First Bank Islamic FB,Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)

Dear Friend,

I am delighted to get across to you for a very private business
proposal. I need your partnership in this project and require trust
and confidentiality.

An American that worked with the Egyptian General Petroleum
Corporation (EGPC), made a fixed deposit of Twenty Two Million United
States Dollars ($22,000,000.00) for 17 Years in my branch, upon
maturity our department sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no response.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
employer, the (EGPC) that Mr. Charles Balassi died with his wife Mrs.
Novelle Balassi in a plane crash on October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian
Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board.

Meanwhile, I just discovered that all his records has no next of kin,
So the funds must be claimed immediately by somebody who would stand
as the Next of Kin of the late Mr. Charles Balassi as the beneficiary,
according to the financial laws of United Arab Emirates, at the
expiration of seventeen Years, the fund should be reverted to the
ownership of the Government treasury account if nobody applies to
claim the 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. Be rest assured that this project is 100% risk free. I will
like you to provide immediately your private phone number and contact
address for easy communication.

For privacy please reply to this email address, (
phillipem65@yahoo.com )

Thank you, I am waiting for your quick response.

Mr. Naveed Ali Hassan,
Auditor General,
Dubai Islamic Bank,
Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates.

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