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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.Abdulla Qassem" <letkimthikim54@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info_bankofdubaiuae@aol.com
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2022 13:22:14 +0000
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary

Dept. Emirates National Bank of Dubai
Email: info_bankofdubaiuae@aol.com
UAE, Dubai

Attention: Beneficiary

I am Mr. Abdulla Qassem, a reputable banker here, and my goal of
contacting you is that on March 15, 2007, Mr. Peters, a national of
your country and the crude oil agent, made a $ 36,500,000.00 fixed
deposit with my bank Deposit This is exactly this time of year.

Unfortunately, Mr. Peters was among the victims of death in the
devastating earthquake that hit China in Sichuan in 2008 and left no
one to claim his depositor fund. He was in China on a business trip
and that was how he met his end.

Mr. Peters did not mention any Ken / Crown Prince when the account was
opened because he was not married and had no children and if this fund
would stay here in our bank after many years until this time of the
year! It will be transferred to the bank treasury account as an
unsupported fund, and the higher parties here in our bank will share
it with each other.

I do not want anything like this to happen, so I contacted you and
asked you to help you receive this fund in your account as a
beneficiary, so you have the same title with the deceased, Please
kindly take into account this suggestion and send me a reply that
interests you on my email address: (info_bankofdubaiuae@aol.com) So I
give you more details on how to proceed, I'm not a greedy person, so I
suggest we share equal funds, 50/50 for both parties, and please
delete if you are not interested.

I await your positive response.

With Regards

Mr.Abdulla Qassem,
Group Chief Operating Officer
Accounts Dept. Emirates National Bank of Dubai
Email: info_bankofdubaiuae@aol.com
UAE, Dubai

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