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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: "Dr, Mrs Kudirat M. Kareem" <kudirat_karim@yahoo.ie> (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 01:00:37 +0700
Subject: Partnership Investment From An Iraqi Family.

PLEASE HELP MY FAMILY

ATN:M.D

Greetings in the name of Allmighty Allah , I am Dr, Mrs Kudirat M. Kareem, The wife of the iraq military finance corps, Chief, who was incharge of the payment of the military salary during his life service time . I am 52 years old, i am now receiving treatment in the hospital. It's quite obvious that I won't live Longer according to my doctor. as i am sufering from my kidney transplant.

This is because my illness has gotten to a very bad stage.My late husband died from the British and American attacks over my country , and during the period of our marriage we produce two children a Boy and a Girl. After the death of my husband ,I inherited some money which was deposited with a Diplomatic security organization [Firm.] The doctor has advised me that I may not live for long, so I now decided to contact you to assist my son ( Adamu ) to claim this money From where it was deposited and guide him for investment.as you are a potential industrial machinery / investor.

My family will be interested in doing business in your country, thefore i would like to seek your assistance and help.I am interested particularly in properties , but your advise on other areas of private sector would be appreciated, i am in believe that you would be of greate help in guiding my son to a sucessful exploration of the
invest- ment potentials of your country , which guarantees good capital returns and human security as a result of this, i can take you in confidence bassically because of the source of the fund , hereby believing that your assistance will be profitable to us.

The amount in quote is USD$ 5. 5 Million .This money was decleared and deposited by my late husband as Gold instead of cash ,the reason for this is to avoid raising of eyebrow by the Thailand government . I will appreciate your willingness to carry this transactions the gratification remark will be determined as soon as i hear from you.As i have maped out 15%, for your assistance and 5% to reinbourse every expenses that may arise on the process of retrieving/safeguiding this money.


Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said purpose of investing in the industry, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without God,/Allah is vanity upon vanity.

I await your urgent reply. so that i can up-date you with information, and do feel free to ask me if you have question.as my husbands death has covered every trace of this money from us,the certificate of deposit, and other documents relating to the deposite of this fund will be giving to you , for your perusal. Incase you have any question and feel like calling on telephone, do feel free to contact my son Adamu Kareem on: +66-16507904 .

Yours Sincerely.

Dr, Mrs. Kudirat M.Kareem.












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