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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: David H AlHout<davidalhout@eim.ae>
Reply-To: ev81081@gmail.com
Date: 26 May 2021 12:41:09 +0000
Subject: re business proposal


From: Mr.David H AlHout
Branch MANAGER at National
Bank of Abu Dhabi(U.A.E)


Good day Friend,

I'm pleased to get across to you with a very urgent and
profitable business proposal, i need your assistance in this
urgent matter. I got your e-mail address from the Internet while
browsing and i decided to contact you for your assistance in this
urgent matter that requires trust and confidentiality.I'm
Mr.David H AlHout,Branch Manager at National Bank of Abu Dhabi,
U.A.E. I'm writing this proposal to ask for your support and
cooperation to carry out this deal opportunity in my department.


On June 6, 1999, an America Oil consultant/contractor with
Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Martin Greenberg, made a numbered
time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, Valued at
US$60,600,000.00 (Sixty Million Six Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars in my branch upon maturity). I 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 Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Martin
Greenberg, died in the 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.


Most astonishing of my discovery was that, all records bear no
next of kin, meaning no member of Mr. Martin Greenberg, family
knows about the deposit therefore, no member of his family will
ever come forward to claim the money, in order for the bank not
to declare the said sum of Sixty Million Six Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars ($60,600,000.00) as unclaimed funds and
confiscate it to the emirates treasury account, the above stated
funds must be claimed immediately by somebody standing in as late
Mr. Martin Greenberg Next of Kin because according to (UNITED
ARAB EMIRATES LAW), at the expiration of 25 (twenty five) years,
the money will be reverted to the ownership of the (UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES GOVERNMENT) if nobody applies to claim the fund. This
revelation is only known to me because i was his personal account
officer before i was moved to my present post as the branch
manager, now i seek your cooperation to act as next of kin to
late Mr. Martin Greenberg to claim the funds and move them into
useful investments, we shall split the cash between our self upon
the confirmation of the money into your Bank account. I am ready
to offer you 40% of the total funds and 40% for me, while 20%
will be map out for any expenses


Please note that by virtue of my position in the bank, i have
worked out perfect modality as well as i shall provide the
relevant information and documents for the successful claiming
and transfer of the funds into the account that will be provided
by you. I cannot stand in 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 deal involves no risk, upon
the receiving of your acceptance mail . I will like you to
provide me with the following details to this my private email
address: ( 055642112yaku@gmail.com )

(1) Your Valid Direct Tel/ Mobile/Fax Number.
(2) Your Full Name:
(3) Current Resident Address.
(4) Your Private E-mail Address.
(5) Your Occupation:
(6) Your Age and Sex:
(7) Your Nationality:

Then i shall furnish you with due process of concluding this
transaction without any delay. Please discard this message if you
are not interested and keep this deal TOP SECRET ONLY BETWEEN YOU
AND ME. One Passionate appeal, do not discuss this matter with
anybody, if you have any reasons to reject this offer, please and
please destroy this message as any Leakage of this information
will be too bad for me at my work place as the Branch Manager
National Bank of Abu Dhabi, here in U.A.E and that is why i can't
use my official email address to contact you for security
purpose, i had to open a private email address which is for this
transaction alone while we will be dealing through the email till
we could and meet in person.

Interested kindly contact me on my private email ID (ONLY)
055642112yaku@gmail.com

Thanks for your kind understanding.

Regards
Mr.David H AlHout


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