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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: "Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh" <dhariamina58@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 22:19:11 +0700
Subject: INVESTMENT REQUEST ( YOUR SINCERE IDEA AND SUGGESTION NEEDED )

From: Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh
Address : UNHCR,Bangkok Thailand
Tel +66-68943653

Attention : The Managing Director

Assalam Muialaku.

I am contacting you to help me in the area of my future investment in your country. Before I proceed, I humbly introduce myself to your goodself. My name is Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh, an Iraqi refugee. Please do not feel bad about my nationality as I am from Iraq. My late husband was until recently, Iraqi Member of Parliament and National Assembly legislator. My husband was killed, including my first Son and two of his bodyguards in a suicide car bomb attack in the neighborhood of Rashdiya Northeast of Baghdad.

For more information's of my late husband , You can verify this from the web sites below, his great achieve, his life and death : http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-28-iraq-legislator-killed_x.htm

After the death of my husband and my son, we decided to leave the country for the fear of my lives, now am undergoing a serious sickness that resulted to be stroke
because of the shock I encountered when my husband and son was killed,but I am trying all my best to treat myself with every medical expert here in Bangkok Hospital inThailand.

When my late husband was alive, shortly before the invasion of collition forces in Iraq, he deposited the sum of US$15million with International Diplomatic service firm in Thailand with purpose to invest the fund in Islamic foundation before death took him.
He was able to safeguard the fund with a very good diplomatic contact from my country to Thailand. The fund is still under safe keeping with the International Diplomatic firm in Thailand, hence and contacting you to help me to invest the fund in good and lucrative business in your country for my survival and of my only Son. This fund was originally gotten from my late husband proceeds.

I have decided to contact you because I am interested in investing this fund in your country which is investment friendly. Please kindly guide and assist me in making the right investment since I am also interested in buying a residential property as I will be moving with my son over there as soon as every thing regarding technical and logictics details is worked out and ascertained to our respective satisfaction.

During the current crisis in my country all the property and the asset of my husband were destroyed I don’t have anything left except this fund that my late husband deposited with the Diplomatic service company here in Thailand.I am close to 58 years old and from a good muslim family, I will like to finalize this transaction with you legally and legitimately to the last letter and I do hope you will not mind it that way.

In view of your participation, I am ready to give you a good negotiable percentage for your assistance, or better still commit it into viable Joint venture projects, be assured that you stand no risk of any kind as the funds belong to me and my only survived Son.

I am here with my Son Rasheed. I strongly believe that associating with you to embark on this and other business venture will derive a huge success hereafter.

However, upon your acceptance to work as my partner, you can contact me with my private telephone number or e-mail for more details. Please attach your direct and full contact private telephone number as you reply to me.

Remain blessed in the name of the Allah.

Wassalam.

I will be waiting to hear from you.

Sincerely Yours ,
Mrs Amina Dhari Ali al-Fayadh


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