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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: contact@fadb.info
Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2023 21:57:20 +0000
Subject: Confidential Request

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Greetings.
I decided to contact you to seek your assistance in this urgent matter that
requires trust and confidentiality.

My name is Mr. Mohammed Ali Khalaf,a senior Manager of a First Abu Dhabi
Bank (FAB).This is urgent, confidential and profitable business for both of
us Valued at Eighteen Million, Four Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
($18,400,000 USD) This fund is an excess of the branch in which I am the
senior manager made as profit last year. I have already submitted an
approved End of the Year 2022 report to my Head Office and they will never
know of this Excess. I have since then placed this amount Eighteen Million,
Four Hundred Thousand United state Dollars ($18,400,000 USD) on a
SUSPENSE SECURITY without a beneficiary.

As a senior Manager of the bank, I can not be directly connected to this
money, I am prompted to request for your assistance to receive this money
as the beneficiary of the funds. I want your cooperation to work with me in
sincerity so that the corresponding bank where the fund is presently
deposited will see you as the beneficiary because I Will connect you with
the bank, and they will prepare an ATM Card and send it to you through DHL.
Once you receive the Money I will come to your country, we share it 50/50
each. Kindly get back to me if you are willing and sincerely want to carry
out this transaction with me .

Best Regards,
Mohammed Ali Khalaf

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