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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 Zaid" <fh92468@gmail.com>
Reply-To: salimzaid0013@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2021 04:51:19 -0600
Subject: Good Day


Attn:
 
I am Mr. Salim Zaid, Syria / English citizen and Principal assurance
manager in one of reputable banks in Europe. Mr. Mohammed Raji a staff
of Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Company got in touch with me on an
investment which was placed under our banks management some years
ago.I respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail
confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by
as a result of this mail. I contact you independently of our
investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I would
like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of
interest to you. In 2010, the subject matter;
 
Mr. Mohammed Raji came to our bank to engage in business discussions
with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a
financial portfolio of $75, 000, 000, 00 (Seventy-Five Million United
States dollars), which he wished to have us turn over (invest) on his
behalf. I was the officer assigned to his case; I made numerous
suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief operations
officer, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into
our bank.We met on numerous occasions prior to any investments being
placed.  He later asks the business to be close because he wants to
move the funds to another country for investment. 
 
The funds were moved to a private finance company who were a
specialist bank that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals
and blue chip corporations that handle valuable products or undertake
transactions that need immediate access to cash. Mr. Mohammed Raji
told me he wanted the money there as soon as he got into the country.
This was the last communication we had; this transpired last 2010, we
later got a call from the finance Company informing us about the
inactivity of that particular portfolio.  This was an astounding
position as far as I was concerned, given the fact that I managed the
International private banking sector I was the only one who knew about
the deposit, and I could not understand why Mr. Mohammed Raji had not
come forward to claim his deposit.  The disappearance of Mr. Mohammed
Raji which was later confirmed that he was killed in one of the bomb
attacks in Iraq. This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to
track this man's family; they have investigated for months and have
found no family. The investigation has come to an end. My proposal is
I want to introduce you to the bank as the next of kin in a position
to instruct the Finance company to release the deposit to you as the
closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared
to share the money with you. That is: 
 
I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release
the deposit to you.25% of the total fund will be given to you for your
position as the next of kin. while I will keep the 75% for my
retirement. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me
but that would have drawn a straight line in my involvement in
claiming the deposit. I assure you that I could have the deposit
released to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank of
the final closing of the file relating to Mr. Mohammed Raji. 
 
I will then officially communicate with the Finance company and
instruct them to release the deposit to you which they will gladly do.
I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. So I ask that if
you find no interest in this project that you should discard this
mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer
is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever
contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of
my proposal. You may not know this but people like me who have made
tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking
sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good
conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics
of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only
come one's way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me
by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These
chances won't pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if
you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life
but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to
provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this
project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the
risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with
me and alerting my bank. 
 
I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has
blessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of
relevance in my life. Let's share the blessing. If you give me
positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. 
 
I wish to inform you that you should contact me via official
channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I
do not want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I
want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me
only through the numbers I will provide for you and also through this
email address. I do not want any direct link between you and me. My
official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored
to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality
Management Policy.
Please observe this instruction religiously. 
 
Please, again, note I am a family man, I have a wife and children. I
send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the
consequences are, but I know within me that nothing ventured is
nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a
platter of gold. I will send you a copy of my identity after I have
your full consent. 
 
This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking
clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, 
 
I await your response.
 
Email Address: 
salimzaid0013@gmail.com
 
Best Regards
Mr.Salim Zaid

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