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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: "Jim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <belangerjimjim@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2017 05:54:35 +0800
Subject: HERE IS A PROFITABLE BUSINESS PROPOSAL' READ AND GET BACK TO ME WITH YOUR INFO




Salam.


My name is Mr Azmi Bin Ahmad, am a good Muslim Man and am 46 years old, am married with 6 grown up children. I work with MayBank2U here in Malaysia Kuala lumpur pl c 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$18.8 million 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 2012 and since 2015 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 if I do not remove this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing that's the reason why am contacting and trusting in you as my real blood brother so that we can claim out this said fund and share it between our self....Okay




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 ALLAH am the only one that knows about this said
FUND and the secrete account.





No other person knows about this account or any thing 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 US D$18.8 millions United States Dollars only and I wish this
money should be transfer into a safe foreigners account abroad in your
country.that's the reason why am contacting you foreigners that lives abroad to do this business transaction with me because you and i will benefit allot at the end..Okay




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 is sacred, life delights in life" .




I need your strong assurance that you will never let me down, I
guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.I will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place.I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments..Okay




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
banking documents that required your original signature which you are
to sign here in Malaysia originally as the beneficiary of the fund
before the release of the fund could be effected.




In this case i will advise you to apply for the documents to be sent
to you by courier service at your own cost meaning that you will have
to pay the courier fee that may be charged by the bank to enable the
industry send you the documents due to your inability to come down to
Malaysia to sign the documents.If this is agreed by you I want you to
state it clearly in your reply .




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 receive 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 people. I hope you understand me?. If so please act in accordance with me by sending me a mail with require information needed for the commencement of the processing of the fund.



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:.+601133116133


Thanks


Yours Friend Mr Azmi Bin Ahmad.

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