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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. Husam Al Sayed" <husamalsaye56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: husamalsayed99@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2018 04:05:53 -0800
Subject: GREETINGS


Hello =

=

I humbly extend to you my highest compliments and hope by this (private) c=
ommunication to inform you that we want to transfer to overseas ($30,000.00=
0.00 USD) from a prime bank here in U.A.E Dubai, I want to ask you to quiet=
ly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to pro=
vide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank account immedi=
ately to receive this money, even an empty account can serve to receive thi=
s money as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this import=
ant business, trusting in you and believing in Allah that you will never le=
t me down either now or in future. =

=

I am Mr. Husam Al Sayed, General Manager Human Resources with a bank here =
in U.A.E Dubai, during the course of our auditing I discovered a floating f=
und in an account opened in the bank in 2005 and since 2011 nobody has oper=
ated on this account again, after going through some old files in the recor=
ds I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [heir] hence t=
he money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will =
be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Mr. Johnson Montalto=
, a British multi millionaire Tycoon and a sailor and he died since 2011. a=
nd no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the=
account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well=
that Late Mr. Johnson Montalto was the manager of Oracle Consulting LTD, I=
am now seeking your co-operation to present you as Next of Kin/ Heir to th=
e account. =

=

We will start the first transfer with Fifteen Million USD [$15,000.000.00 =
USD] upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we =
shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. Sen=
d also your private telephone and fax number including the full details of =
the account to be used for the deposit as started above. I need your full c=
o-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to appro=
ve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this accoun=
t, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am conv=
inced that you are capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank =
official who is helping us in this business. =

=

I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down. With the inf=
luence and the position of the key bank official we can transfer this money=
to any foreigner's reliable account which you can provide with assurance t=
hat the fund will be intact in your account pending my visit to your countr=
y for sharing. =

=

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50% of the total amo=
unt and 50% will be for me since its 2 man's business. I look forward to he=
ar from you as soon as possible if you are interested. =

=

Yours Sincerely, =

Mr. Husam Al Sayed. General Manager Human Resources Emirates Bank, Dubai U=
.A.E

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