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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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From: "HAJIA AMINA MUKTAHU" <aminamuktahu@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hajiaamina@my-muslim.net
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2005 10:45:43 -0800
Subject: Salaamun `Alaykum,

HAJIA AMINA MUKTAHU
SPECIAL MILITARY BASE
BAGHDAD,IRAQ.

Dear Brethren

Salaamun `Alaykum,
Permit me to apologize for bringing up
this communication even when we have
not had any previous introductions
I am Hajia.Amina Muktahu.

from Iraq. I am the widow
of late Al-Asfour Muktahu, who
was the special assistance on
military matters to President
Sadam Hussein of Iraq.
My husband was killed during the
American invasion of Iraq last year because
of present political situation in Iraq,
it is very difficult for many of us who
had any connection with the past leadership
of President Sadam Hussein to come
out freely. Many of us are subjected under
special security
surveillance by the American Army.
It is so unfortunate that the computer
in my house is connected
to the Internet, so this is why I have
this opportunity to share my
immediate problem and bring up this
business proposition to you.

Before my husband?s death, he told me
that he deposited two boxes in a private
security company owned and managed by
and European firm in Iraq. This two boxes
contains a total
sum of Twenty Million United States
Dollars (US$20M). This money was originally
meant for the purchase of military
weapons from Russia. The money was handed
over to my late husband by the Government
of President Sadam Hussein since
his office is in charge of the purchase
of military equipment for Iraq.
My husband decided to keep this money in
a security company as a personal deposit when
it was so clear that Iraq would
be attacked by the United State after the
final pronounciation and declaration of war
on Iraq by President George Bush. He revealed
to me that he declared to the security company that
the boxes contains personal
treasures. So right now, the security company
do not have the true knowledge of the contents
of the boxes since it was galvanized boxes and
looked up with security code only
known to the depositor.
It was my husband intention to inherit
this money and move out of Iraq to a safe
haven where we can start a new life
but nature has different ways of
treating humanity in
respect to our plan but the only way
I can immortalize him is to make sure this
money is not lost.

I have the Certificate of deposit in
possession but right
now the security company have moved
back to its office in
Europe because of the crisis in Iraq.
But the Modus Operandi of the security
company is that the ownership of
the consignment can be transferred to
a third party with a power of attorney and
the a valid Certificate of change of
ownership from the depositor or his attorney.
So this makes it easy for you to claim this
consignment without any
hitch,as we are moving it through diplomatic
means, to send it to your house
directly or a bank of your choice using
diplomatic courier service.The
most important thing is that can we trust you?
Once the funds get to you,
you take your 30% out and keep our own 70%.
Your own part of this deal is
to find a safe place where the funds can
be sent to. Our own part is
sending it to you.If you are interested i
will furnish you with more details.
The whole process is simple and we must keep
a low profile at all times.

Once again,I contacted you to assist
to claim this consignment containing the fund
from the security company in Europe
while the proceeds will be disbursed
between you and I. I will give you more
details of this transaction as soon as
you indicate your willingness to assist
to make sure that this money do not get lost.

I await your urgent response.
Hajia.Amina Muktahu.

N/b. Please, as matter of privacy I will
appreciate you to contact me only on the
below Email address for security reasons:
hajiaamina@my-muslim.net


































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