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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: "Barr Adri Bin Hisham" <barradribin_hisham@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: barradribin_hisham@live.com
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2010 02:47:41 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: Important matter

Dear

I am Barr Adri Bin Hisham a legal practitioner in Malaysia with many years
of practice. A deceased client of mine died in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of a
heart related condition in 2001. My reason of sending you this email is to
help secure the funds left behind by my late client before it is
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this fund valued
at US$8.7 million is deposited. Since you do have the same surname with my
late client, I would want to present you as the legitimate beneficiary
with all legal supporting documents required to back up our claim.

The holding bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or
else the estate will be confiscated, and so far, all my efforts to get
hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive.

This is my proposal; I am asking for your consent to present you to the
bank as the next of kin and/or sole legal beneficiary of my late client,
since you have the same last name with him, this way the proceeds of this
account will be paid to you. Then we can share the amount on a mutually
agreed ratio. I do have a good standing in Malaysia and assure you that
this transaction will be successful. More so, I will make sure that the
transaction is done within the applicable laws to guarantee full
legitimacy. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. However, if this
business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.

Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. Do understand that
this transaction do require utmost confidence and you should keep this
mail to yourself not with standing if you are rejecting the transaction or
accepting it.

Note that I reserve the right to reject your acceptance of this proposal
if I have reasons to believe that you may not be honest or discreet as it
concerns this proposal.

Further details will be made available to you as soon as your interest is
indicated.

Here is my official email address: barradribin_hisham@live.com

Yours Sincerely,
Barr Adri Bin Hisham
Attorney at Law

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