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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: "Mr.David H AlHout" <mr.davidhalhout@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.davidalhouth@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2018 14:17:42 -0700
Subject: Read this Letter and Reply very important!



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From: Mr.David H AlHout
Branch MANAGER at National
Bank of Abu Dhabi(U.A.E)


Dear Friend,

I'm pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and profitable
business proposal, i need
your assistance in this urgent matter. I got your e-mail address from
the Internet while
browsing and i decided to contact you for your assistance in this urgent
matter that requires
trust and confidentiality.I'm Mr.David H AlHout,Branch Manager at
National Bank of Abu Dhabi,
U.A.E. I'm writing this proposal to ask for your support and cooperation
to carry out this deal
opportunity in my department.


On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Martin
Greenberg, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months, Valued at US
$60,600,000.00 (Sixty Million Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
in my branch upon
maturity). I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Petroleum
Corporation that Mr. Martin Greenberg, died in the plane crash On
October 31, 1999, (An
Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you
can confirm it yourself
via the website below.


Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of
kin, meaning no member
of Mr. Martin Greenberg, family knows about the deposit therefore, no
member of his family will
ever come forward to claim the money, in order for the bank not to
declare the said sum of
Sixty Million Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($60,600,000.00)
as unclaimed funds and
confiscate it to the emirates treasury account, the above stated funds
must be claimed
immediately by somebody standing in as late Mr. Martin Greenberg Next of
Kin because according
to (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the expiration of 25 (twenty five )
years, the money will be
reverted to the ownership of the (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES GOVERNMENT) if
nobody applies to claim
the fund. This revelation is only known to me because i was his personal
account officer before
i was moved to my present post as the branch manager, now i seek your
cooperation to act as
next of kin to late Mr. Martin Greenberg to claim the funds and move
them into useful
investments, we shall split the cash between our self upon the
confirmation of the money into
your Bank account. I am ready to offer you 40% of the total funds and
40% for me, while 20%
will be map out for any expenses


Please note that by virtue of my position in the bank, i have worked out
perfect modality as
well as i shall provide the relevant information and documents for the
successful claiming and
transfer of the funds into the account that will be provided by you. I
cannot stand in the
forefront of this transaction because i work with the bank, that is why
i have come to you for
assistance, be rest assured that this deal involves no risk, upon the
receiving of your
acceptance mail . I will like you to provide me with the following
details to this my private
email address: ( mr.alhoutdavidh@outlook.com )

(1) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile/Fax Number.
(2) Your Full Name:
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Address.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality:

Then i shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
without any delay.
Please discard this message if you are not interested and keep this deal
TOP SECRET ONLY
BETWEEN YOU AND ME. One Passionate appeal, do not discuss this matter
with anybody, if you have
any reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message
as any Leakage of this
information will be too bad for me at my work place as the Branch
Manager National Bank of Abu
Dhabi, here in U.A.E and that is why i can't use my official email
address to contact you for
security purpose, i had to open a private email address which is for
this transaction alone
while we will be dealing through the email till we could and meet in
person.

Thanks for your kind understanding.

Regards
Mr.David H AlHout


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