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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: "MR. FAEQAH NEJAD" <nbd.nejad@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 10:36:57 +0400
Subject: I am looking forward to hear from you

From The Desk of Mr.Micheal Faqeh Nejad.
Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi
Al Ruwais Branch
Main Rd., Al Ruwais, P O .Box 11875
Abu Dhabi, Fasmile; 8776453
United Arab Emirates
Private Email: mf.nejad@accountant.com

Good day Friend,

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal, I got your e-mail address in Internet while browsing after I
decided to contact you and ask for your assistance in this urgent matter,
requiring trust and confidentiality, I am Mr. Michael Faqeh Nejad, the
Branch manager, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Al Ruwais Branch, Main Rd., Al
Ruwais Abu Dhabi (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES), Married with children.

I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry
out this business opportunity in my department, On June 6, 1999, an America
Oil consultant/contractor with Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Thomas Stone, made
a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, Valued at
US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United State Dollars in my branch upon
maturity. I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no
reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Thomas Stone, died in
the plane crash On October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990)
with other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via the
website below.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

Most asttorning of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of kin,
meaning no member of Mr. Thomas Stone, family knows about the deposit
therefore, no member of his family will ever come forward to claim the
money, In order for the bank not to transfer the said sum of Twelve Million
United State Dollars ($12,000,000.00) as unclaimed funds to the emirates
treasury account, the above stated funds most be claimed immediately by
somebody standing in as late Mr. Thomas Stone.

Next of Kin, because According to (UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the
expiration of (Twelve) years; the money will revert to the ownership of the
(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) Government if nobody applies to claim the fund, this
revelation is only known to me because I was his personal account officer
before I was posted to become the branch manager, now I seek your
collaboration to act as next of kin to late Mr. Thomas Stone, to claim the
funds and move them into useful investments, we shall split the cash between
our self upon the confirmation of the money into your account, I am ready to
offer you 35% of the total fund and 60% for me while 5% will be set aside
for any expenses might occur during the transaction.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked out
the perfect modality as well as I shall provide the relevant information's
and documents for the successful claim and transfer of the funds in the
account that will be provided by you, I can not stand in the forefront of
this transaction because I work with the bank ,that is why I have come to
you, for assistance be rest assured that this project involve no risk to
you, upon the receipt of your acceptance mail me, I will like you to provide
me with the following details, to my private email addresses: (
micheal.nejad@hotmail.com)


Below is the form you must fill for confirmation
1. Full Name: ___________________
2. Address: ____________________
3. Nationality: _____Sex___________
4. Age: _____ Date of Birth: __________
5. Occupation: ___________________
6. Phone: _______Fax:_____________
7. State of Origin: _____Country:_____
8. Telephone____________________

Then I shall furnish you with due process of concluding this transaction
without any delay. Please discard this message if you are not interested.
One Passionate appeal i will make to you is not to discuss this matter with
anybody, if you have any reasons to reject this offer, please and please
destroy this message as any Leakage of this information will be too bad for
me as the Branch Manager National Bank of Abu Dhabi, here in U.A.E.

Thanks for your kind Understanding.

Mr.Micheal Faqeh Nejad

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