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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: "First Abu Dhabi Bank" <ali.hajih971@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ali.haji9714@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 23:42:29 -0700
Subject: Re: Remittance Notification ~

First Abu Dhabi Bank
P.O. Box 52053, Dubai
United Arab Emirates

Dear Beneficiary

We wish to congratulate and inform you that after thorough review of your funds transfer release documents in conjunction with the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund assessment report, your payment file was forwarded to us for immediate transfer of
apart-payment of US$3,700,000.00(Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to your designated bank account from their offshore account with us.

The audit reports given to us, shows that you have been going through hard times to see to the release of your funds, which has been delayed by some dubious officials. We therefore advise that you stop further communication with any correspondence outside this office.

Kindly reconfirm your details to enable us credit your account by swift or telegraphic transfer and send copies of the funds transfer release documents to you and your bankers for confirmation.

Should you follow our directives, your funds will be credited and reflect in your bank account within five (5) bank working days.

For further details and assistance on this Remittance Notification, kindly provide us with the below details:

FULL NAME AND AGE:
BANKING DETAILS
TELEPHONE NUMBER
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS

Best regards,

Ali Haji
First Abu Dhabi Bank
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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