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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: "Hajia Amina al-Zubaydi." <hajiaamina@ureach.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: amina_alzubaydi@yahoo.com.vn
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 06:39:59 -0800
Subject: Cry Of A Widow.

From: Hajia Amina al-Zubaydi.

Dear Sir,
Salaamun `Alaykum,
Permit me to apologize for bringing up this communication even
when we have not had any previous Introductions
I am Hajia.Amina al-Zubaydi {45},
I am one of the widows of Former Iraqi Prime Minister
Muhammad Hamza al-Zubaydi,
who recently passed away in US Military hospital in Iraq,
the last wife To be precise.
It is very difficult for many of us who had any connection
with the past leadership of President Sadam Hussein to come
out freely in Iraq, because of that we have to move to
Vietnam where we have been granted political asylum.
It is so fortunate that the computer in my apartment
is connected to the Internet, so this is
Why I have this opportunity to share my immediate
problem and bring up this business proposition To
you. Before the war in Iraq started,
he revealed to me that he deposited two boxes in
a private Security Company owned and managed by an
European firm in Iraq, this two boxes contains a
total Sum of Twenty Million United States Dollars
(US$20M),
this money was originally meant for the Purchase
of military weapons from Russia, the money was
handed over to
my late husband by the Government of President
Sadam Hussein since his office is in charge of
the purchase of military Equipment for Iraq.
My husband decided to keep this money in a
security company as a personal deposit when
it was so clear that Iraq would be attacked
by the
United State after the final pronunciation
and declaration of war on Iraq by President
George Bush. He revealed to me that he declared
to the Security Company that the boxes
contain personal treasures. So right now,
the security company do not have the true
knowledge of the contents of the boxes since it
was galvanized boxes and locked up with security code
number only known to the depositor.
It was my husband intention to inherit this money
and move out of Iraq to a safe haven where we can
start a new life but nature have different ways of treating humanity,
now that he is dead, the only way I can immortalize him is to make
sure this money is not lost and should be well invested.
I have the Certificate of deposit in possession
but right now the security company has moved back to its
office in Europe because of the crisis in Iraq.
Although the deposit was made in a {DISGUISED}
way, that the content in the boxes ware {FAMILY VALUABLES}
he also claimed that the {Consignment} belongs to his business partner in
oversea, the claimed partner name and contact address
that was mentioned in the deposit documents is not in existence and is only
me and him knows that what it contained was physical cash. But the Modus Operandi
of the security company is that the ownership of the consignment can be
transferred to a third party with a power of attorney and a valid Certificate of
change of ownership from the depositor or his attorney, to makes it easy for you to
claim this consignment Without any hitch as it is 100% risk free, we will be moving it through diplomatic means,
to send it to your house directly or a bank of your choice using diplomatic courier service.
But the most important thing is whether we can trust you
Once the funds get to you?. If you are to be trusted,
we have mapped out some reasonable percentage for
your assistance, 10% will be set aside for all expenses
that may be incur during this process, you will be entitle to 30% and
the remaining 60% will be for and the family.
Your role in this deal is to find a safe place where the funds can be
sent to and our own part is sending it to you.
If you are interested i will furnish you with more details.
The whole process is simple but we must keep the whole
process very confidential.I will give you more details of
this transaction as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist to
make sure that this money does not get lost.
I await your urgent response.

To see the whole story of my late husband, visit this website below:
http://newsfromrussia.com/world/2005/12/06/69255.html

Salaam,
Hajia.Amina Muktahu.



















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