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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: "HASSAN ABDUL." <hasnabdul2@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hasnabdul2@rediffmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 04:22:52 -0700
Subject: RE: RAMADAN GREETINGS!

Dear Sir,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but I pray you respond positively to it.
For the purpose of introduction, I am Hassan Abdul, A former high school student here in Iraq, 22 years of age and the only surviving son of Mr. Mustaphar Abdul(A businessman in Iraq) who died on the 17th of December 2004 as a result of the war going on in my country between American soldiers and Iraqi army loyalists to our former leader(Saddam Hussein). As you can understand, I am from Iraq.

Before the death of my father, he told me about (US$11.5 million Dollars) he deposited with a security finance company and informed me in his sick bed about all the "DOCUMENTS" of the deposited fund.
At present, I am in search of a trustworthy capable personal who would assist me claim and transfer the money into his account for me and my sister to come over there and invest the fund as well as to complete our educations over there under his guidance.

I got your contact details through email Data Base Directory so I decided to contact you to assist me claim the family inheritance. You should not be worried because I am contacting you in good faith.
I am reposing confidence in you knowing fully well that you can assist me in handling this transaction for me. If my proposition is considered by you worthy of you assisting me claim and transfer this money safely to your account , Me and my sister shall negotiate with you on the percentage which will be offered to you after claiming our family deposit and transfering it to your account for our investments in your country under your supervision and continuation of our school.

Moreover, I and my little sister is now living in the school compound and me and my sister is been survived by people's aid, Americans and the United nations humanitarian organizations here in Iraq.
So please help us, I don't even have money and If I have, I would have run away with my sister from this country long ago, it's very
frustrating here in Iraq as there is no security here and hunger is everywhere and people are dying like animals on daily bases here, So Pleases help us as me and my little sister have never travelled out out of Iraq and again we do not know anybody to help or assist us claim this family inheritance deposit with the security company, so help us and you will be blessed. As soon as you claim this fund, find way to remove me and my sister out of Iraq so that we can meet with you for investment of the fund in profitable business under your care and to continue our education.

Finally for more infromations, you can contact me directly through this personal email address by sending all your contact informations like full name, postal address, telephone and fax numbers. I will appreciate your confidentiality and honesty in our correspondence and meanwhile your immediate positive response will be highly welcomed as every document and informations backing this deposit as regards to the claiming of the fmaily inheritance will be forwarded to you .

HASSAN ABDUL.
(UNBEHALF OF THE FAMILY).




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