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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: "=?iso-8859-1?q?abdul=20h=20.ae?=" <abdul_hae2020l@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:42:37 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: i tried to call you pl;ease


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : abdul_hae2020l@yahoo.fr



From The Desk of Abdul Rahim Mohd.Al Haj

Manager National Bank of Dubai.

BurJuman Centre Branch,

Khalid Bin Waleed Street ,

BurJuman Centre, Dubai

United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.).



Dear ,

I am Mr.Abdul Rahim Mohd.Al Haj Branch Manger of national

bank Of Dubai. I am writing following an Opportunity

in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of

us. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of

$5.5 million ($5, 500, 000, 00 United state dollars)

in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers,

Late Mr. Reeve Thompson. M. an American who unfortunately lost

his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261

which crashed on 31 january 2000, including his wife and

only daughter.

Since we got information about his death, we have been

expecting his Next of kin or relatives to come over and claim

his money because we Cannot release it unless somebody applies

for it as next of kin or Relation to the deceased as indicated

in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately I learnt that his supposed next of kin being his

only Daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving

nobody with The knowledge of this fund behind for the claim,

and the banking law and guidelines here united Arab emirate

that such money Remained after five years the money will be

transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds,

Note: I want you to stand as the business partner of Late

Reeve Thompson. M. so that my bank can transfer the money to

your account without any problem, so now I will like you

to provide me your full name and address so that , I will prepare the necessary documents and that will

put you in place as the next of kin of late Reeve Thompson.M, then I will

facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the

beneficiary next of kin,

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in

the ratio of 60% form and 40% for you, there is no risk at

all as the paperwork for this transaction will be done by

the attorney and my position as branch manager guarantees

the successful execution of this transaction if you are

interested, please reply immediately via the private email

address above,

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details

and relevant documents that will help you understand the

transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone and

fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost

confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would

be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your

assistance to invest my share in your country.(abdul_abdul@katamail.com)

waiting your urgent response. Mobile +971502968972

Best regards,

Mr.Abdul Rahim Mohd.



- abdul h .ae


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