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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: "invest_program@terra.es" <invest_program@terra.es>
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2006 20:33:34 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: INVESTMENT PROGRAM.



Hello,

After profound deliberation with our client it was agreed that we should proceed with you to bring this investment program to fruition based on the appropriateness of your person for this expected role performance being a neutral personality without any previous relationship with either our law firm nor our client as a family.

Actually the funds in focus for this investment program is currently in a non-interest yielding depository institution due to circumstances that i will later make clear to you but our client as a family have indicated the desire for the channeling of the funds to secured and rewarding overseas investment vehicles in an economically stable polity purely as a financial endowment for the children.

I need to let you know however that our law firm has secured the confidence of respectable elites in many countries but in this particular instance, it is our wish (as instructed by our client in view of the family's current circumstantial situation) that this investment program must not be traceable to our client so the truth of this investment program must not become public knowledge and we want to trust that we will not be betrayed or blackmailed not only in the short-run but also the long-run.

Let me however assure you that I will be willing to disclose other important information about our client after you have endorsed a non-disclosure agreement. This is very important to preserve the sanctity of this endeavor.

Our arrangement is that as soon as we receive from you, our client would be able to instruct a bank guarantee through a prime international bank as a venture capital investment program but before the instrumentation of the bank guarantee which would serve as the pivot of direct transfer of the sum in focus to your account (or any account that you may nominate), we would need to derive a memorandum of understanding that would prevent misinterpretations and protect the interest of our client as well as your interest too in this investment endeavor.

I want to assure you that everything concerning bringing this investment program to fruition would be above board in all ramifications but to enhance your proper perspective not only on the sincerity of our purpose but also to let you appropriately appraise my personal integrity and that of our law firm. I am please to introduce myself as Dr Adams Abdeljalil,the principal of Abdeljalil &co Law Firm, Casablanca, Morocco where my wife, Rita is also a partner. You can feel free to make enquiries about my person and our law firm from our Bar Association, here in morocco so that you can be comforted by due diligence will look forward to reading from you soon so that we can proceed in order for me to explain in details what we need to do to accomplish this and I hope we would be able to finalize things in a timely manner.

Thank you and God bless.

Dr Adams

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The information contained in this communication is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Adams Abdeljalil Law Firm® or its related companies are neither liable for the proper/complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt







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