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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.Cha Dae Soon" <soon.chadae67@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: soon_chadae@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 09:49:12 +0000
Subject: Attn Pls

Dear friend,
I am MRS CHA DAE SOON, Director SOON Manufacturing Company Ltd.Iraq A
Taiwanese by Birth and an Iraq citizen by marriage,lost my husband during
war with America and Iraq. I am writing to you based on prevailing
information for you, to solicit your assistance in helping to receive some
amount of money in your country, I made this money with my husband,and it's
our sweat, this money is our own personal money. The reason why I want to
send this money out of this country is because of war in my country (Iraq )
Formally the money was in a citizen bank here in Iraq . But during the war
when my husband died I managed to move the money from the bank to a security
company and uptil now things have not normalised and no business as we are
still in problem and connot leave comfortable again in this country, Then I
decided to move this money out for investment and I am now searching for a
reliable person who can help me,and who I can also have trust in , I will
have to send the money to your care for investment, The total amount is
US$9.6 million dollars only. I have finalized the whole necessary
arrangements on how to send this money out of this country to you as a
partner/friend/beneficiary on my behalf. If you are interested to do
business with me then get back to me with these information's .
1)your contact name & address........
2)your telephone number........
I will give you futher details and modalities and as we discuss terms of the
investment when you respond.You can only contact me through email .
Yours truly,
MRS CHA DAE SOON
SOON manufacturing Company Ltd Iraq.

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