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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: "Azmi Bin Ahmad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <urgentazmibinahmad@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 10:18:03 +0200
Subject: SALAM FROM AZMI MALAYSIA...

Hello My Dear,
   My name is Mr Azmi, am 46 years old, am married with a daughter but my wife is late. I work with MayBank2U in Malaysia Kuala lumpur plc and my position in May-Bank is foreign remittance department, that is my post in the May-Bank where i work.
   I will like to confirm to you that am oblige to transact this business with you. I Need your full assistance to stand as a beneficiary (Next of Kin) to the sum of US$18.8millions united state dollars lying down unclaimed in our bank, What really happened is that during the course of our auditing last week, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in the year 2000 and since 2001 nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and
  The owner of this account  ABDULRAHMAN HAMAD AL BASSAM was an ARABIAN MAN from SAUDI ARABIA who was a a great industrialist and Oil Merchant, Who was a foreign contractor with the Federal Government of MALAYSIA, Unfortunately lost his life in a car accident along Summit Hotel road here in Malaysia including his wife and His only kid. Ever since his death the money has been lying unclaimed leaving no one behind to claim it... i want us to claim out this money so that you and i will use it to take good care of our future family and after when we finish this business transaction we will also help the poor people ...because i always wish to help the poor people...Okay
  So I really need your co-operation to claim this money because only someone from foreign country can stand as the beneficiary. And the Banking law stipulates that any money lying unclaimed for eight years will be transferred to federal government suspect account with central Bank of Malaysia. C B M Please i need your assistance to achieve this great chance because i do not wish this money to be transferred to Central bank of Malaysia because it will be shared among the top directors who are KAFFIR, i swear to GOD am the only one that knows about this said FUND and the secrete account. No other person knows about this account or anything concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account. The total amount involve is    But I don't know any foreigner; I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here in Malaysia, but to a foreigner who has information about the account and which am ready to tell you because i know everything about this fund. I am revealing this to you with believe in GOD that you will never let me down in this business I know, GOD blessing are miraculous and unlimited; and if it is Yours and mine turn now for some money, (it is only a stuff for exchange)....we must be open and ready to receive it. We can make some of our dreams come true, and that is what life is all about: To live a rich and happy life, and everybody has the right and ability to live a richer life, it all comes from inside, your deepest. Instincts from our attitude to all life. "Everything alive i
   At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 50% of the total amount, while 50% will be for me. Please i want you to be honest with me because this money is a golden opportunity to me and you, i do not want us to loose it, i believe trust goes two ways Friend, and of cause we must watch out in this "crazy" world and listen to the silent whispering voice inside, which always tell us the truth. My experience in life is: We must trust in our higher self, then we are guided...Every wise men and women throughout centuries always had the knowledge that everything is connected with another, and the physicians have proven it scientifically in the quantum theory today.
For the business to be effected i will need the following information from you.
Number .1.Your full name: .............
Number .2.Your full residential address: ............
Number .3.Your direct private telephone number:...............
Number .4.Your date of birth and:..................
Number .5.Your nationality:................
Number .6.your sex:..........................
Number .7.your occupation work:......................
Number .8.you private email address:.............
With all these information i will successfully inputs your name in the necessary files and also insert  your information into the bank central computer as the next of kin to the late depositor and the sole beneficiary of the unclaimed fund after the demise of the depositor.
   Note that i need to insert your name into the bank central computer and a file will be opened in your name, so with these information i will definitely commence with the processing of the fund in your name, so that when you are contacting the bank your name will appear in the bank central computer as the next of kin to the late depositor... i promise so shall it be.....Okay I want you to know that this transaction is 100%risk free because all necessary documents to prove you as the beneficiary will be processed with your name. I want you to handle this business offer with utmost confidentiality and keep it as a top secret because my Bank must not know that i gave you this information.....i hope you understand me..?
   Furthermore after the whole processing of the fund in your name you will need to contact the bank which i shall give you the contact information and the required proofs which you shall offer the bank as the heir and you will apply for the transfer of the fund into your nominated Bank account. After you might have applied for the release of the said fund and as soon as your letter reach the desk of the director an official and professional response will be given to your letter of application, an official verification will be followed to screen your information contained in your application letter in the bank central computer and i assure you that your information will be met in the bank central computer as the real next of kin, beneficiary and claimant of the said fund. As soon as you are been confirmed as the next of kin, the bank director will give you an official invitation to come down to Malaysia because there are valuable and vital governmental certificate and ba
  Immediately you apply for the vital and valuable governmental certificates and documents to be sent to you by courier service the bank director will ask you to send the courier fee and as soon as you send the courier fee the whole documents will be sent to you by courier service and you will have these documents signed originally in accordance with the bank procedure after you finish to sign the documents the fund will be released to your account in the next 4 to 5 working days. As soon as u receives the money in your bank account, i shall take my leave to your country for my own share of the money and i shall settle down in YOUR COUNTRY & invest there. I will also go into partnership business with u if u care but i intend to go into REAL ESTATE and also i want both of us to use some part of our shares to help the poor
  Note that your utmost confidentiality as regards this transaction is required. You are to keep it as a top secret and confidential matters for us to progress, achieve our aims and finally for security reason I look forward to your earliest reply to this issue or send reply or
  
Contact me directly on my private cell phone number: +60102805502 OR
 
Private Email: azmibinahmad.info46@gmail.com
 
Thanks
Mr. Azmi Bin Ahmad.

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