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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR SALEEM MOHD AHMED" <saleem5mohd123@yahoo.it> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 20:53:48 +0400
Subject: From Saleem Ahmed

Dear Sir,
Thanks for a good piece of information i gathered about you in my quest
to get an honest and trustworthy person for this buisness transaction.I
am Mr Saleem Mohd Ahmed,the Branch manager,National Bank of Dubai,Umm
Al Quwain Branch UNITED ARAB EMIRATES(U.A.E),married with four
children.I am writing this letter to ask for your support and
coperation to carry out this business opportunity in my department.

On June 6,1999,an Oil consultant/contractor with Dubai Petroleum
Corporation,Mr David Ameeraly,made a numbered time(fixed)deposit for
twelve calendar months,Valued at US$16,500,000.00 (sixteen Million Five
hundred Thousand 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.David Ameeraly,died in the
plane crash On October 31, 1999,(an Egyptian Boeing 767Flight 990)with
other passengers on board as you can confirm ityourself via the website
below:http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml

On further investigation,I found out that he died without making a
WILL and attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.I therefore
made further investigation and discovered that Mr.David Ameeraly,did
not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official
documents,including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank.This sum of
US$16,500,000.00 and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year.No one will ever come forward to claim it According to UNITED ARAB EMIRATES LAW,at the expiration of (seven) years;the money will revert to the ownership of the UNITED ARAB EMIRATES Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

My proposal is that I will like you to stand as the next of kin to Mr
David Ameeraly,so that the fruit of this old man's labour will not get
into the hands of some corrupt Government officials.This is simple,I
will like you to provide immediately your full name and address so that
I can forward to you the contact of our bank Attorney for preparing the
necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in place as the
next of kin.Any bank account in any part of the world,which you will
provide,will then 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 ratio of
60% for me and 30% for you and 10 % will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business.There is no risk at all;

The paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of
this transaction.If you are interested,please reply immediately via the
private email address below,upon your response,I shall provide you with
more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality and be 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.Please upon
the receipt of this mail message,send to me the following below to
enable me start the processing of the transfer,
1.Your Full Name.
2.Your House Address.
3.Your Phone Number and Fax,
Thank You And God Bless You.
Sincerely,
MR SALEEM MOHD AHMED

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