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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: Commercial Bank <larryste634@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.2@gmx.com
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 05:12:13 -0800
Subject: Commercial Bank of Dubai

Dear Customer,

I am Mr. Hamed Ahmed Kazim, the Director and Chairman of the Audit and
Compliance Committee Commercial Bank of Dubai.

Please we received instruction from MICHAEL HOLEMAN to transfer your
approved funds into his bank account as your next of kin.

Sorry, are you the one that authorized him to claim your funds at this
final stage of the transaction? We need your urgent responds to enable
us make the payment to MR. HOLEMAN or reverse the funds into your
account..

kindly email immediately the emergency team at:
commercialbankdubai@rescueteam.com



I look forward to your reply.

Regards,

Mr. Hamed Ahmed Kazim.
Director and Chairman
The Audit and Compliance Committee
Commercial Bank of Dubai
E-Mail: info.2@gmx.com

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