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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: "Mr.Salim Mohd Ahmed" <salimmohdahmed@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: salimmohdahmed@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:54:29 +0400
Subject: Awaiting your urgent reply/

>From Mr.Salim Mohd Ahmed
Manager Emirates NBD {National Bank Of Dubai,Abu Dhabi} Sh.Rashid Bin Saeed
Al Maktoum Building, Al Falah Road,Al Souk Al Kabeer,Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
Email: salimmohdahmed@gmail.com

I am pleased to get across to you for a very confidential and profitable
business proposal.I got your contact while searching for a reliable person
who would assist me to execute this life time business opportunity in my
department. I deemed it fit to contact you to seek your assistance in this
profitable project which requires trust and confidentiality.

An American of Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Royal
Dutch/Shell,Anglo-Persian,CFP,Exxon,Mobil,Atlantic Richfield,Gulf Oil
Corporation,made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for Sixteen Years,{16}
Valued at 10,000,000.00 USD (Ten Million US Currency) in my branch upon
maturity. Our department sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Gulf Oil Corporation that Mr.William Barnes died
with his wife Mrs.Tamsin Barnes in a plane crash on October 31,1999,(an
Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other passengers on board as you can
confirm it yourself via the Website below for verification (BBC WORLD NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/502503.stm

The most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no next of
kin, meaning no member of Late Mr.William Barnes family knows about the
deposit, therefore no member of his family will ever come forward to claim
the fund. So to avoid the bank transferring the stipulate fund in a dormant
as unclaimed funds to the emirates treasury account, the above stated funds
must be claimed immediately by somebody who would stand as the Next of Kin
of the late Mr.William Barnes as the beneficiary, because according to the
financial laws of United Arab Emirates, at the expiration of Sixteen Years
{16},this money will be reverted to the ownership of the Government
treasury account if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Furthermore, this revelation is only known to me because I was his personal
account officer in our bank before I was transferred to this present
office. Hence I seek your collaboration to act as next of kin/beneficiary
to late Mr.William Barnes to claim the funds and move them into useful
investments, we shall split the cash between ourselves upon the
confirmation of the money into your deem fit bank account. I am ready to
offer you 35% of the total fund.

Please note that by the virtue of my position in the bank, I have worked
out the perfect modality on how to claim the fund and I shall provide the
relevant information and documents for the successful claim and transfer of
the funds in the account that would be provided by you, I cannot stand at
the forefront of this transaction because I work with the bank, that is why
I have come to you for assistance, be rest assured that this project
involves 100% risk free. Upon the receipt of your acceptance mail,I shall
then provide you with more details that will help you understand this
transaction. I will like you to provide immediately your private phone
number and fax numbers for easy communication.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:
salimmohdahmed@gmail.com

Regards,
Mr.Salim Mohd Ahmed

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