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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: "Contact Dr. Abdullah Al" <pearlmorris996@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alabdullah893@aol.com
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2021 04:31:29 -0700
Subject: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL

Greetings from Abu Dhabi Finance Office
D/L ATTN:
MR
Dear Sir,

My name is Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi. I am the regional manager of the
Abu Dhabi Finance Bank office in the western region of the United Arab
Emirate Dubai. I write you this letter in good faith. I got your
contact when I was in the United State of America at JPMorgan Chase
Bank in South Bend, United States for a financial conference with
other Banks in 2101 S Bend Ave, South Bend, IN 46637, United States.

I have a business proposal for you, sir. As the regional manager of
the Abu Dhabi Finance Bank it is my duty to report to our head office
in the capital city of Abu Dhabi the fiscal bank report of the year
2020. In the course of giving a report on our branch financial report
to our head office I discovered that my branch made an over profit
excess of Fifteen Million Six Hundred and Eighty Thousand United State
Dollars which I did not report back to our head office. Now I have
these funds deposited in an escrow account and need your assistance to
stand claim as the depositor of these funds so that my head office can
approve the transfer of these funds to an account anywhere in the
United State as you designate. It is a simple bank-to-bank transfer
with no risk involved and for your assistance, how does 40% of the
total sound as your commission.

But you cannot inform the bank of my involvement with you whatsoever.
This is very important as an officer of the bank. I will fax you a
copy of the deposit slip of the funds.

All you need to do if you accept to assist me is you will have to
write an official letter to the bank asking them to transfer the funds
to your bank account. I will give you all the head office contact
numbers and how to write this letter since it is an international
transfer that must be transferred through our head office in the
capital city of Abu Dhabi. Kindly reply via email address;
alabdullah893@aol.com


Expecting your reply. Allah bless you.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Abdullah Al Nuaimi (Regional Manager)

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