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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: "Mr. Ali Rashid Lootah" <wancheandy15@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:23:13 -0800
Subject: From Mr. Ali Rashid Lootah /Next Of Kin


Hello Dear,

From Mr. Ali Rashid Lootah /Next Of Kin

It’s my urgent need For a foreign partner that made me to contact you for
this transaction.I am Ali Rashid Lootah, working with Abu Dhabi Commercial
(ADCB) Bank here

in Dubai (U.A.E) I write to contact you over a very important business
transaction which will be of our interest and benefit to our both families.

In 2007,one ( Mr. Weimin ) whose surname is the same as yours and has your
country in his file as his place of origin, made a fixed deposit for 36
months, valued at

$26,700,000.00 with my bank. I was his account officer before I rose to the
position of Managing Director. The maturity date for this deposit contract
was 27th of

September 2010.Sadly (Mr.Weimin ) was among the death victims in the
September 2009 earthquake in Indonesia that left over 1,200 people dead
while he was there on a

business trip.

Since the last quarter of 2010 until today, the management of my bank have
been finding means to reach him so as to ascertain if he will roll over the
Deposit or have

the contract sum withdrawn. When I discovered that this would happen, I
tried to think up a procedure to preserve this fund and use the proceeds
for business.

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. Weimin ) is late, they will corner the funds for
themselves. Therefore, I am seeking your cooperation 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 the bank
arrangement and you

only have to put in your details into the information network in the bank
computers and reflect you as his next of kin.

If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 50% of the
funds while 50% shall be for me. Kindly forward your response to me
immediately to this E-mail

address: lootah_rashid2023@yahoo.com

Mr. Ali Rashid Lootah
Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank
Mr. Ali Rashid Lootah
E-mail address: lootah_rashid2023@yahoo.com

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