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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.Zaheya E.Attar" <test@elrizky.net>
Reply-To: zaheyaeatr@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2013 03:28:06 -0500
Subject: Greetings from Mr.Zaheya E.Attar

From Mr.Zaheya E.Attar.
Secretary to The Internal Auditor General National bank of Dubai
(Emirates NBD) Khalediya
Branch.Moon tower,Zayed 1st street,Khalediya.
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
Email:zaheyaeatr@gmail.com

I am pleased to get across to you for a very confidential and
profitable business proposal.I got your contact while searching for a
reliable person who would assist me to execute this life time business
opportunity.From my department as the secretary to the Internal
Auditor General National bank of Dubai (Emirates NBD).I deemed it fit
to contact you to seek your assistance in this profitable project
which requires trust and confidentiality.

An American/Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Chevron
Petroleum Corporation Company,made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for
fifteen years,Valued at USD10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars) in my
branch upon maturity. Our department 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 Chevron Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Richard
Burson died with his wife Mrs.Lenor Burson in a 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 for
verification (BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm

The most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no
next of kin, meaning no member of Late Mr.Richard Burson family knows
about the deposit,therefore no member of his family will ever come
forward to claim the fund.to avoid the bank to transfer the stipulate
fund in a dormant as unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury
account,the above stated funds must be claimed immediately by somebody
who would stand as the Next of Kin of the late Mr. Richard Burson as
the beneficiary,because according to the financial laws of United Arab
Emirates,at the expiration of fifteen years {15},this money will be
reverted to the ownership of the Government treasury account if nobody
applies to claim the fund.

Furthermore, this revelation is only known to me because I have
personally followed and monitored closely this late customer account
activities from the Internal Auditor Department before I was
transferred recently to this present office with the new post of
Secretary to The Internal Auditor General National bank of Dubai
(Emirates NBD).Hence I seek your collaboration to act as next of
kin/beneficiary to late Mr.Richard Burson to claim the funds and move
them into useful investments, we shall split the cash between our
selves upon the confirmation of the money into your deem fit bank
account.I am ready to offer you 40% of the total fund and 60% for me.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank,I have
worked out the perfect modality on how to claim the fund and I shall
provide the relevant information and documents for the successful
claim and transfer of the funds in the account that would be provided
by you, I can not stand at 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 involves 100% risk free. Upon the
receipt of your acceptance mail,I shall then provide you with more
details that will help you understand this transaction.I will like you
to provide immediately your private phone number and fax numbers for
easy communication.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:
zaheyaeatr@gmail.com

Regards,
Mr.Zaheya E.Attar
Secretary to the Internal Auditor General
National bank of Dubai( Emirates NBD)Khalediya branch.

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