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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: "Mr Ahmed Bin Razali" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2013 15:45:07 -0000
Subject: RE: YOUR ACCUMULATED ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENT

Attention: Fund Beneficiary,

RE: YOUR ACCUMULATED ACCRUED INTEREST PAYMENT.

This is to inform you that the Bank Negara Malaysia Treasury Dept been notified of a RETURNED FUNDS under the custody of HSBC BANK MALAYSIA. HSBC MALAYSIA confirmed they have a PAYMENT/TRANSFER MANDATE to release the total sum of $2,798,901.02Million (Two Million, Seven Hundred and Ninety Eight Thousand, Nine Hundred and One US Dollars and Two cents) from its Offshore Account to you as the end recipient.
Information from the HSBC is that this payment covers an accumulated interest sum from your outstanding debt owed to you by the Malaysian Authorities. HSBC MALAYSIA was been mandated to release this sum either by either KTT (KEY TESTED TELEX TRANSFER) or by ATM CREDIT CARD SYSTEM (recommended) to you within 72hrs of the payment notice and endorsement in accordance with their memorandum of understanding (MOU) and payment instructions with the FGN.
The HSBC MALAYSIA complained that all their effort to reach you lately on this matter proved abortive, hence their decision to cancel the payment and notify us so that we authorize them to return the funds back to the Ordering Customer. And in accordance Bank Negara Malaysia Payment System Act 2003, funds on unclaimed item account are not supposed to be floating for more than 6 months, hence the bank intent to repatriate the funds to the government purse as unclaimed fund.
This Department of Treasury being in charge of Regulating and Controlling Foreign Assets and Lodgement will not return the funds to the ordering customer until we have heard and confirm same from you.
Be finally informed that this letter shall serve as final notification that after 3 official working days from date of dispatch, we do not hear from you, we shall have no other option than to send funds back to the ordering customer.
If therefore you are still interested to receive this accumulated accrued interest kindly revert back to me on this e-mail:ahmedzaralibannegera41@live.co.uk for further directive.

Sincerely yours,

Mr Ahmed Bin Razali
Director, Department of Treasury
Bank Negara Malaysia
Email:ahmedrazali374@yahoo.co.nz


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