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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "a security company " (this will cost you money - that's what the scam is about)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +447040109651 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • s_mabdallah@gawab.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mohammed Abdallah" <assets2006@manama.cc>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 17:27:43 GMT
Subject: MY DEAR FRIEND

Dear friend,

My name is Sheikh Mohammed Abdallah. Iam a native of Sudan but had been residing in Iraq since 1990. My Master-El Hadj Saloum Youssef, an Iraqi was closely related to Saddam Hussein and was involved in the Oil for Food programme where he made millions of dollars. He was however hunted down and was brutally assasinated by the American led Allied forces in 2004.I was under the protection of the British forces in Basra after his death. Luckily, l inherited a total sum of US$36,000,000.00(Thirty six million dollars)stacked neatly inside five boxes.

Fortunately, l was lucky to be one of those foreigners evacuated by the Allied forces late 2005 with all my personal effects intact. lam presently in London and had moved the boxes containing the funds to the vault of a Security Company in London for safe-keeping. Sir/Madam, because of my limited education, lam looking for a highly disciplined, responsible and forthright man or woman, who has knowledge of Investments either in Oil and Gas, Real Estate, Government stocks and bonds etc either in Europe, Asia or America. This is precisely why lam contacting you. The person shall take possession of the funds and Invest them profitably to the mutual benefit of both of us. For accepting the project at all, l agree to give you 20% of the total sum and thereafter, l agree to enter into a subsequent agreement to give you additional 20% of any returns on the invested funds.

You should be ready to assist me obtain a resident permit of the Country you choose to invest the funds through the lmmigration of such a Country to enable me come over and supervise the lnvestments. This aspect is very important to me because the funds in question is the last thing l have to show for so many years of servitude and sojourn in a foreign land ravaged by many years of war.

Sir/Madam, Kindly contact me immediately so that l can organise for you to see things for yourself. Afterall, they say 'seeing is believing'. l will not contact another person until you have demonstrated that you are unwilling to assist or that you are incapable through your action or inaction. You can contact me through my private Email address thus: s_mabdallah@gawab.com or call me on +44 7040109651 whichever is more convenient.

 

Thank you and hoping to hear from you soonest.

Yours Sincerely
Abdallah . 

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