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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: Matthew Edmund <abdullaqassem10@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dipl.delivery@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 01:01:42 -0800
Subject: Re: Dear Friend, Reply for our mutual benefits

Hello ,

I am (Dr) Matthew Edmund, the Chief Marketing Officer and director of
Alliance Trust Savings. I Hope that you will not expose or betray this
trust and confident that i am about to establish with you for the
mutual benefit of both of us. I have decided to contact you on a
business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us. Sorry, you
may not have known me before now, but business and ideas bring two
people together. Best friends today were ones, total strangers.

At the bank's last accounts/auditing evaluations on December 28th
2018, my staffs came across an old account which was being maintained
by " BURROWS RODNEY " a foreign Australian client who we observed was
among the deceased passengers of MH370 Malaysia Airline flight which
vanished on the 8th of March, 2014. The account has remained dormant
without the knowledge of his family since it was put in a safe deposit
account in the bank for future investment by the client.

Unfortunately, He was alongside his wife was on board the MH370
Malaysia Airline flight which vanished on the 8th of March, 2014 after
taking off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport to Beijing killing
all on board.

Kindly click on the Official Airline link below to view the Manifest
of all the victims;

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/1063617-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh370-passenger-list.html

S/N 8. BURROWS RODNEY(MR) Age 59
S/N 9. BURROWS MARY(MRS) Age 54

May their gentle souls continue to rest in peace.

Since his demise, even the members of his family haven't applied for
claims over this fund and it has been in the safe deposit account
until I discovered that it cannot be claimed since our client is a
foreign national and we are sure that he has no next of kin to file
claims over the money. As the director of the department, this
discovery was brought to my office so as to decide what is to be done.
I decided to seek ways through which to transfer this money out of the
bank and out of the country too, and that is why i have contacted you.

The total amount in the account is Twelve Million, Five Hundred and
Seventy-Six Thousand United States Dollars (USD 12,576,000.00). With
my positions as staffs of the bank, I am handicapped because I cannot
operate foreign accounts and cannot lay bonafide claim over this
money. The client was a foreign national and you will only be asked to
act as his NEXT of KIN and I will supply you with all the necessary
information and bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this
money to any bank of your choice where this money could be transferred
into safely. Your nationality doesn't matter, all you have to do is to
act as his next of KIN.

We have made several attempts to locate the family members, but to no
avail. I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest
person and NEXT OF KIN to our deceased customer while i come over to
your country to share this fund with you as soon as you confirm this
fund into your account and ask me to come over.

The total sum will be shared as follows: 50% for me, 50% for you, and
expenses incidental occur during the transfer will be incure by both
of us. The transfer is risk free on both sides hence you are going to
follow my instruction till the fund is successfully transferred to
your account. Since I work in this bank that is why you should be
confident in the success of this transaction because you will be
updated with information as at when desired.

I will advice you to keep this transaction secret and confidential as
I am hoping to retire with my share of this money at the end of
transaction which will be when this money is safety in your account. I
will then come over to your country for sharing according to the
previously agreed percentages. You might even have to advise me on
possibilities of investment in your country or elsewhere of our
choice.

Please kindly give me the following details, So that I can commence
the arrangement, and write a recommendation for processing of the
transaction.

1) Full Names:
2) Full Address:
3) Mobile Telephone number:
4) Valid Email Address:
5) Occupation:
6: Date of Birth:
7: Gender / Sex:
8) Country of Residence:

Kindly forward the above details to me immediately through my private
email address below, so that I will commence processing, because this
transaction needs to be executed as quickly as possible.

Contact me AT: dr.matthewed@outlook.com

When I receive the details, I will make sure I commence every
necessary process as fast as possible and I will keep you updated also
without delays. Please keep this discussion strictly confidential as I
would not want anything that will jeopardize my effort.

Thank you as I wait for your response.

Regards,
Matthew Edmund.

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