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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: "mrs huda salih" <staffeduministry@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 16:56:17 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY

Mr Jalal Khatib Zubairi
House 922,Halal-Babel
Masbah,Baghdad,
Rep. of Iraq.
Hello dear, 
                        YOUR URGENT COOPERATIONS IS HIGHLY REQUIRED
I am sure this may come to you as a surprise.I am sorry for any inconveniences this business proposal may cause you since we have never met before,but be rest assured that I got your contact through a very dependable source,a foriegn troop here.I am in need of your urgent co operations and assistance towards the below stated business and please don't get paniced,take me as an unknown good friend in diaspora.

Mr Jalal Khatib Zubairi is my name,I am an Iraqi National from the Kurdish town of Qaradagh and a Principal Accountant with Al-Baiji oil Refinery about 125 miles (200km)north of Baghdad. I decided to contact you from my wife's mail box because of the strict security watch around every move I make in recent time.

As a result of the  political crisis in my country Iraq  before the last election,and by virtue of my position in the oil refinery in Al-baiji, I was able to move out the sum of US$22.5m (twenty-two Million,five hundred thousand United States Dollars)call-deposit,from my office in the refinery,to a security / finance company (DABI SADEARAT)based in Tehran,Iran,for safe-keeping.

Due to the terrible situation of things in my country now,and the possible probe by the new government,non of my family member can travel out of Iraq now,therefore,I gave instructions to Dabi Sadearat security/finance company Iran, to transfer the consignment to its affiliate company in Europe FOR SECURITY REASONS.

The consignment is now in Europe and the company has sent me a remind order,but my greatest concern now is the recent American and British policy to freeze all assets in their countries with Iranian origin,due to Iranian uncompromising stand in stopping their nuclear program,which Dabi Sadearat has warned might affect my consignment.

I am therefore soliciting for your assistance to claim the consignment on my behalf, since I cannot leave here now for security reasons. I will present you to the Security/Finance Company as the Trustee of the consignment on my behalf. I have agreed to share the money with you in the ratio of:72% for me,25% for you and 3% to take care of overall expenses incured in the course of the transaction.Though we can still negotiate more on that aspect.

Finally,I have taken time to elaborate the nature of the business for your understanding, you are therefore free to ask questions in areas you don't understand.You are also at liberty to accept or reject my humble proposal.If you are in acceptance,please reply immediately with your full name ,address,telephone and fax numbers and maybe other vital information that may help usin this transaction,which shall also be forwarded to the Security and finance Company to enable them release the consignment to you.

However,please i want to beg here that you do not take undue advantage of this trust i have bestowed in you even without knowing you.
To enable me attend to your response urgently and most importantly,for security reasons, you can write me through my alternative email:mrshudasalih@yahoo.com
Please treat with utmost confidentiality.
Regards
Jalal Khatib Zubairi

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