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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Fausat Al-kamil <fau_k33@web.de>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:31:49 +0100
Subject: COUNTING ON YOU PLEASE




Dear Friend,

I am Mrs FausatAl-Kamil, woman bassed in baghdad in iraq. I got your conta=
ct after praying and fasting for Allah's (God's) intervention, it is with =
that i wish to contact you for a little assistance you can render to me.

Due to the situation here in in Iraq, those of us in the business circle a=
re finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here, no stable go=
verment, bomb explotion at strategic places every now and then, sometimes =
people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to f=
ear of being victim of terrorist attack. Above all, the crisis in Iraq now=
has made business activities totally parallised for quite sometime now. F=
or instance, no good telephone facilities, no adequate security, infact , =
almost all the basic infrastructure have been destroyed in the on-going wa=
r in Iraq and the environment in Iraq has never been condusive business-wi=
se.=20

Please, why i need your assistance is that i have huge amount of money in =
my custody. I inherited the money from my late husband who was a major gen=
eral in Iraqi army in charge of purchase and maintainance in the immediate=
past regime of late Sadam Hussein.

My intention is to move the money out of Iraq and invest the money in stoc=
k 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 mo=
ney abroad to avoid lossing the money, because it is not wise doing busine=
ss in the
atmosphere of fear here in Iraq, that's why i am contacting you.

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

I wait patiently for your urgent response.=20

You are to forward your reply through my private e-mail: fausatalkamil01@y=
ahoo.cn [mailto:fausatalkamil01@yahoo.cn] so I can give you more details o=
n how to actualise this goal.

Best regards

Fausat Al-Kamil=20



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