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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. KUDIRAT KAREEM" <mrskudirat@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:06:13 -0800
Subject: DR. KUDIRATK CONFIDENTIAL DETAIL

M.D


ID: 31489



ATN:M.D


Greetings in the name of our Lord , I am Dr, Mrs Kudirat Kareem Ai- Amiri, 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$ 9. 5 Million .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% for expenses that might arise on the
process of
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.

Yours Sincerely.

Dr, Mrs. Kudirat Kareem Ai-Amiri.




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