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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: "FROM: Sgt. Ali F. Noore" <ali_noore_ali@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ali_noore_usman1yahoo.co.uk@vmx90.multikabel.net
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 05:46:11 -0800
Subject: Important Message



Re:Important Message

My name is Ali F. Noore , I am a member of the new Iraqi soldier, I am
serving in the military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, as you
know we are being attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We
managed to move funds belonging to
Saddam Hussein? family. The total amount is US$25 Million dollars in
cash, mostly 100 dollar bills. We want to move this money out side Iraqi,

I will take 70%, You take the other 30%. No strings
attached, just help me move it out of Iraq, Iraq is a war zone. I plan
on using courier company to shipped the money out ,it was sealed in two large boxes.

If you are interested I will send you the full details, And your sure that you can handle this transaction with confident and trust.contact me immediately here is not save to keep such amount of money.people are dead everyday here

When you receive this letter, kindly send me an e-mail
signifying your interest including your most confidential telephone/fax numbers ,your office or residential address for quick communication also your contact details.
This business is risk free. The boxes can be shipped out in 72hrs.

Respectfully/ ali_noore_usman1yahoo.co.uk
Ali F. Noore


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