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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: Subramanian Suryanarayan <susubramanian3dubai@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2020 12:21:35 +0000
Subject: Dr Subramanian Business Proposal.




I would like to introduce myself to you, I am Subramanian Suryanarayan, a citizen of the UAE, and also an employee of an offshore bank (EMIRATES NBD BANK), an office in Dubai. I am the Group’s CFO and client asset management. I am pleased to inform you of a very urgent and profitable business proposal that I believe will benefit both of us upon completion. I contacted you after carefully thinking that you can handle this business transaction, which I will explain below. The amount (thirty-five million five hundred thousand US dollars) remains unclaimed in my bank, as all attempts to convey to the relatives of our client who contributed money hit the stones. There is such a client, Mr. Roger Ian Wright, an American businessman, founder of an investment company in Sao Paulo. On May 22, 2009, Mr. Roger Ian Wright, his wife, and his two children died in the ruined King Air B350 aircraft in the coastal resort of Trancoso in Bahia. You can find links related to this accident below.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/23/2579118.htm?section=justin

All attempts to track his closest relatives were fruitless. My position here in my office requires me to check and provide the next of kin / business partner, so I conducted additional investigations and found that Mr. Roger Jan Wright did not state any immediate relatives or relatives in all of his official documents, including its registration of a bank deposit in my bank. According to the UAE Law, the money will be returned to the UAE Government in 12 years if no one requests funds. To prevent this from happening, I decided to ask you for help so that you become his closest relative, so that the specified fund (35.5 million US dollars) is transferred to your name as the closest relative and paid to your account. All documents and documents confirming that you will require this fund without any claims will be sent to you after your reply to this mail.

I intend to give 50% of the total amount, which is the sum of [Seventeen million seven hundred fifty thousand US dollars], in compensation for your help. If you are interested, I will inform you of the full transaction after receiving your reply, and I will send you the details and the necessary procedures for the transfer.

Should you be interested? Please send me yours:
1. Full names
2. Private telephone number
3. Current address of residence
4. Occupation
5. Age and gender.


Your immediate reply will be appreciated.
Respectfully
Dr. Subramanyan Suryanarayan
suryanarayansubramanian1dubai@gmail.com
www.emiratesnbd.com<http://www.emiratesnbd.com>

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