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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: info@admin.org
Reply-To: scotthenry477@outlook.com
Date: 20 Aug 2019 13:50:55 +0100
Subject: YOUR TOTAL COOPERATION

>From the office of Scott Henry,
Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi,
Mina Branch Abu Dhabi,United Arab Emirates.
Showroom No 1 Ground Floor,Al Aryam Tower,
Al Mina Road,Abu Dhabi U.A.E.

Dear Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and
profitable business proposal, this message is real and must be
kept confidential
because you might find this email in your Inbox,Junk or Spam
folder.I need your assistance in this urgent matter. I got your
e-mail address on
the internet while browsing and after that, I decided to contact
you and ask for your assistance in this urgent matter that
requires trust and
confidentiality.

I am Mr. Scott Henry an a American and working as the Branch
Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Mina Branch Abu Dhabi.
Showroom No 1 Ground Floor,Al Aryam
Tower,Al Mina Road,Abu Dhabi (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES). I am 57
years old Married with four children.

I am writing this proposal to ask for your support and
cooperation to carry out this great deal opportunity in my
department. On 6th of June
1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Richard Burson made a numbered time (fixed)
deposit for twelve calendar
months Valued at US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million 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. Richard Burson, 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:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no
Next of Kin, meaning no member of Mr. Richard Burson's 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 transfer the said
sum of
Twelve Million United State Dollars($12,000,000.00)as unclaimed
funds to the Emirates treasury account, the above stated funds
most be claimed
immediately by somebody standing in as late Mr. Richard Burson's
Next of Kin.

According to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW at the expiration of 20
(Twenty) years, the money will be reverted by the UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES Government
and be used for improving the living conditions of the residents
of U.A.E i.e Building of Malls, Hotels and some other Tourism
centers if
nobody applies to claim the fund because this is where UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES governments raise money to build such luxury
buildings, Hotel's
and Malls. This revelation is only known to me because I was his
personal account officer before I was posted to become the Bank
Branch
Manager.

I am now seeking your cooperation to act as NEXT OF KIN to late
Mr. Richard Burson to claim the funds and move them into useful
investments, we shall split the money between ourselves upon the
confirmation of the money into your dominated Bank Account in
your
country.

I am ready to offer you 40% of the total funds and 60% for me,
you will provide litle funds for processing of documents and for
any expenses
that might be incurred during or after the transaction and you
recieved the funds your bank account your swiftly make a
deduction of any expenses incured
and we will share the money according to our percentage if you
aggree on that percentage....

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 don't want this
funds to be in
any part of gulf country for a security purpose during and after
the transaction and I cannot stand in the forefront of this
transaction
because I work with the bank that is why i am contacting you for
an assistance and be rest assured that this deal involves no risk
upon the
receiving of your acceptance mail.


You can contact me through my personal email;
Email: scotthenry477@outlook.com


I will like you to provide me with the following details below:

(1) Your contact phone 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 instruct you with due process of concluding this
transaction without any delay. Please discard this message if you
are
not interested, if you have any reasons to reject this offer
because any Leakage of this information will be too bad for me at
my office as the
Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi here in U.A.E.

Thanks for your kind understanding.

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