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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
Fraud email example:
From: "Barr. Aiwayi Mohammed." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barraiwayimoha@att.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2011 03:46:50 +0800
Subject: Urgent-Report*
Attn:
Your email address came up in the random draw conducted by my chambers AIWAYI MOHAMMED chambers Malaysia as the winner of my late client Philanthropic gesture fund $5.2 Million usd. By Virtue of this (WILL) you are now the beneficiary to my late client PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD NASEER KHAN Philanthropic gesture (WILL) fund.
My name is BARRISTER AIWAYI MOHAMMED (esq).A personal attorney to my Late client PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD NASEER KHAN who worked with CALTEX OIL COMPANY MALAYSIA, PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD NASEER KHAN a well known Philanthropist who died along with his entire family in the Pakistan International Airline plane that crashed on July 10, 2006 at 12:04 p.m.
For more detail visit: Website http://www.dawn.com/2006/07/10/planecrash.htm
Before he died, he made a (WILL) in my law firm stating that $5.2M Five million Two Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice in any of the Countries outside Malaysia to help the poor and the needy around the Globe. My chambers conducted a random draw which was supervised by the Ministry of justice, The attorney General of Malaysia and CIMB Bank Malaysia the bank where the money was deposited by my late client PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD NASEER KHAN, and your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this (WILL).
I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing my chamber to produce the
beneficiary of this money within three weeks or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury. It is my utmost desire to execute the (WILL) of my late client PROF. DR. MUHAMMAD NASEER KHAN. You are required to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit. Please contact me urgently via my personal email address:
Congratualtions !!!!
Barr Aiwayi Mohammed (esq).
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