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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: fausat al kamir <fausatalkamir40@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <fausatalkamir3000@yahoo.ca>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 10:14:44 +0100
Subject: YOUR RESPONSE MOST URGENT !



Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mrs Fausat Al-Kamir, woman bassed in Bagdad in Iraq, i got your contact from a friend of mine one time resident in your country, it is with that i wish to contact you for a little assistance you can render to me.I am writing you from my closest friend email box who is an American captain of the Air Born Devision who is a kind and a good man that has been assiting me secure this money here in Iraq. His name is Mr Willkinson La Rue Neil.

Due to the situation here in Iraq, those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here, no stable goverment, bomb explotion at strategic places every now and then, sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack. Above all, the crisis in Iraq now has made business activities totally parallised for quite sometime now. For intance, no good telephone facilities, no adequate security, infact, almost all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the recent war in Iraq. Eever since then, the enveroment in Iraq has never been condusive business-wise.

Please, why i need your assistance is that i have about (US$ 40.000.000)fourty million united states Dollars in my custody.i inherited the money from late my husband who was a major general in Iraqi army in charge of purchase and maintainance in the immediate past regime.

My intention is to move the money out of Iraq and invest the money in stock market or real estate in your country with the help of an honest person who will work with me as my foreign associate. I want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid lossing the money, because it is not wise doing business in theatmosphere of fear here in Iraq, that's why i am calling on you.

If you can honestly collaborate with me, I am ready to pay you up to 20% of the total amount if you can sincerely assist me to actualise this project soon, because the situation here in Iraq is very critical, the everyday bomb explotion seems to have no end.

I wait patiently for your urgent response.

Best regards

Fausat Al-Kamir.
Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mrs Fausat Al-Kamir, woman bassed in Bagdad in Iraq, i got your contact from a friend of mine one time resident in your country, it is with that i wish to contact you for a little assistance you can render to me.I am writing you from my closest friend email box who is an American captain of the Air Born Devision who is a kind and a good man that has been assiting me secure this money here in Iraq. His name is Mr Willkinson La Rue Neil.

Due to the situation here in Iraq, those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here, no stable goverment, bomb explotion at strategic places every now and then, sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack. Above all, the crisis in Iraq now has made business activities totally parallised for quite sometime now. For intance, no good telephone facilities, no adequate security, infact, almost all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the recent war in Iraq. Eever since then, the enveroment in Iraq has never been condusive business-wise.

Please, why i need your assistance is that i have about (US$ 40.000.000)fourty million united states Dollars in my custody.i inherited the money from late my husband who was a major general in Iraqi army in charge of purchase and maintainance in the immediate past regime.

My intention is to move the money out of Iraq and invest the money in stock market or real estate in your country with the help of an honest person who will work with me as my foreign associate. I want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid lossing the money, because it is not wise doing business in theatmosphere of fear here in Iraq, that's why i am calling on you.

If you can honestly collaborate with me, I am ready to pay you up to 20% of the total amount if you can sincerely assist me to actualise this project soon, because the situation here in Iraq is very critical, the everyday bomb explotion seems to have no end.

I wait patiently for your urgent response.

Best regards

Fausat Al-Kamir.
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