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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: "NABIL ALLAWI" <nabilallawi_1@rediffmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: nabilallawi_3@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2005 14:42:31 +0400
Subject: please sir i need your urgent help


GOOD DAY SIR,

MY NAME IS NABIL ALLAWI, 21 YEARS OLD SON OF IMAD ALLAWI WHO WAS KILLED BY SADDAM HUSSEIN IN JANUARY 2003 FOR HIS SUGGESTION FOR NOT TO STAND THE WAR WITH THE UNITED STATES,AND ALSO TO GO EXILE, BEFORE MY FATHERS DEATH, HE WAS A PRIVATE MARKETER ON CRUDE OIL TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO THE PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN, BUT BEFORE MY FATHER'S DEATH, HE GAVE TO ME SOME DOCUMENTS REGARDING TO THE MONEY HE DEPOSITED IN THE FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - DUBAI, ON THAT DOCUMENT IS THE "CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSITE" OF (US$41,000,000.00)FORTY-ONE MILLION DOLLARS ONLY.
PLEASE SIR, I DON'T KNOW HOW I CAN GO TO UNITED ARAB EMIRATES TO CLAIM THE MONEY .I AM AFRAID NO ONE HAVE GONE OUT OF IRAQ BOTH MY MOTHER AND MY TWO SISTERS HAVE NEVER GO OUT OF IRAQ SINCE WE WERE BORN . WE ARE LIVING IN A SCHOOL COMPOUND NOW AS OUR HOUSE HAVE BEEN DESTROYED DURING THE WAR.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY HELPER , MY FATHER ALSO TOLD ME NEVER TO INVEST THE FUND IN IRAQ TO AVOID DANGER , FOR HE WAS ABOUT TO INVEST IN UNITED ARAB EMIRATES BEFORE HE WAS KILLED .
SO PLEASE SIR HELP ME TO CLAIM THIS MONEY, I AM READY TO GO WITH YOU ANYWHERE YOU WANT US TO INVEST THE FUND BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO BUSINESS , I WANT TO HELP MY MOTHER AS SHE IS SUFFERING TOO MUCH FOR ME AND MY SISTERS .
FORTHERMORE, PLEASE SIR I DID NOT LET ANYBODY KNOW ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THEY MAY KILL ME AND TAKE THIS " CERTIFICATE FROM ME WHICH IS OUR LIFE AND FUTURE HOPE, I WANT TO GO OUT FROM IRAQ PLEASE HELP ME OUT, I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY AS SOON AS YOU RECIEVE THIS MAIL, MAY ALLAH BLESS YOU
ALLAH HAFIZ,
NABIL ALLAWI,
IRAQ.







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