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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: "Mrs. Aisha M Kareem" <aisha_mkareem@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 20 Dec 2005 16:23:12 +0700
Subject: Partnership investment needed from Mrs. Aisha Kareem.

Dear Friend,

Greetings in the name of Allah! It is good to meet a person of your caliber . Before I proceed , Kindly allow me to give you a brief introduction about myself and background to enable you know me beetter .
My name is Mrs. Aisha 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 here in Bagdhad 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 one child a Boy named Adamu . After the death of my husband ,I inherited some money which was deposited with a Safe Keeping Company.
The doctor has advised 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 might have more business / investment experience more than him.

My family will be interested in doing business in your country, thefore i would like to seek your assistance and help.I am interested in properties but your advise on other areas of private sector would be highly appreciated as i am of a great belief that you would be of great help in guiding my son to a sucessful exploration of the investment 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 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand USDollars) . I will appreciate your willingness in given this transaction the needed gratification remark will be determined from your response as soon as i hear from you .

For your assistance I and my son Adamu has accepted rewarding you with 15% from the principal amount as you shall give every needed assistance is making sure the said fund (usd5.5Million) is successfully retrieved from the safe deposit company and also transfered to your country successfully without any hitch . Do not worry yourself concerning the genuity of the fund as all the necessary documentats of the fund are intact with my son Adamu .All you need to do is to contact him and start all the arrangement of retrieving and transfering of the fund .
Lastly, I honestly pray and believe that this money when its finally moved to your country will be used for the said purpose of investing in profitable project because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without God,/Allah is vanity upon vanity.

Do feel free to ask me any question incase you have anything confusing or contact my son Adamu directly on his personaal number in Thailand +66 16 507 904, do feel free to send your response to and do not worry yourself in thinking about the geniuty of the fund as my husbands death
has covered every trace of this money from us .

Yours Sincerely.

Mrs. Aisha M. Kareem.


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