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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: "Alias Mohd Nadzri" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.mohdnadzri@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:58:06 -0700
Subject: URGENTLY PLEASE !!!

Dear

My name is Mr. Alias Mohd Nadzri, Senior Account Officer with Public
Finance Berhad Sarawak Malaysia. I have packaged financial transaction
that will benefit both of us. As an account officer with the bank, it's my
duty to send financial reports to the head office. On the course of the
2008 end of the year's report, I discovered that my branch has a dormant
account with account balance of Six million five hundred thousand united state
dollars ($6,500,000.00) which is still unclaimed because the beneficiary is not
stated on file.

I have immensely searched for someone with his last name who will be in a
better position to assist me in putting up with this claim as his next of
kin so that the fund will be officially credited to him and we will share
the proceed on a mutually agreed percentage.

The duration given by banks in our country with respect to the banking
rules to complete a claim after a client is late will soon elapsed. If the
require time to complete the claim elapses, the fund will be confiscated
which I don't want it to happen. I therefore seek for your assistance to
present you as the next of kin. As an accountant with the bank, I cannot
be directly connected to this money thus I am compelled to request for
your assistance to receive this money into your bank account which I
intend to part with 40% of this fund to you as gratification while 60%
shall be for me but I need your own opinion on this. If you accept my
offer, contact me immediately for more details.

NOTE: There is totally no risk involve in this transaction as there is
NEVER any form of adverse legal implication for putting up the claim as
the next of kin in any part of the world. It will be a bank-to-bank
transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the next of kin to our late
client and provide an account where this money will be transferred into.

I will appreciate your immediate reply for more details and the next step
to follow for the success of this transaction. Further directives on how
this transaction will be workable will be provided to you once I receive
your response.
Note: I am dealing with you on a personal note. Hence you have to keep
this transaction confidential.

With Regards,
Mr. Alias Mohd Nadzri
+601-1163-35980

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