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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: Abdulkarim Al Zarooni <alzarooni289@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 May 2017 17:43:37 -0400
Subject: REPLY:


Dear


I am sorry to contact you unannounced through this medium. I am Mr.
Abdulkarim Al Zarooni, Deputy General Manager-Audit & Compliance at
National Bank of Abu Dhabi here in UAE . I write you this proposal in
good faith hoping that I will rely on you . In 2006, one Mr. Omar
who has same surname as yours and who has your country in his file as
his place of origin, made a fixed deposit for 36 calendar months,
valued at $18,400,000.00 with my bank. I was his account officer
before I rose to the position of the auditor general now. The maturity
date for this deposit contract was 16th of January 2009.
Unfortunately, while on a business trip ,he died in a deadly
earthquake that occurred on May 12, 2008 in Sichuan province of China
which killed at least 68,000 people.

Since the last quarter of 2009 until today,the management of my bank
have been finding a means to reach him so as ascertain if he will want
to roll over the Deposit or have the contract sum withdraw .Since
September 2009,when I discovered that this will happen , I learnt of
his death ,so I have tried to think up a procedure to preserve this
fund and use the proceed for charity .

Some directors here have been trying to find out from me the
information about this account and the owner, but I have kept it
closed because, I know that if they become aware that Mr Omar is now
late, they will corner the funds for themselves. Therefore, I am
seeking your co-operation to present you as the one to benefit from
his fund at his death since you have the same name, so that my bank
head quarters will pay the funds to you. I have done enough inside
bank arrangement and will only have to put in your details into the
information network in the bank computers and reflect you as his next
of kin.

I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds
equal,50/50% to both parties My share will assist me to start a
charity organization to help the poor and also own a company which has
been my dream.

Let me know your mind on this and please do treat this information as
TOP SECRET. At the receipt of your reply, strictly through my personal
email address, (alzarooni289@gmail.com), I will give you details of
the transaction. And a copy of the Deposit certificate of the fund and
also the incorporation certificate of the company that generated the
fund .

Anticipating your communication.

Mr. Abdulkarim Al Zarooni


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