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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: "mona khalil" <m_khal31@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mo_kahl@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:07:39 +0000
Subject: From Miss Mona Khalil

Dearest,

I am writing you this letter with caurage and fear within me. I am Mona
Khalil, I am of Algerian nationality and I live in Iraq. I am a young woman
of 23 yrs old.

I have lived in this country for a very long time, I was working with Madam
Aquila Al-Hashimi. I was charged with the runing of her residence in the
west of Baghdad and i am responsible also for all her financial
transactions. I was just a sort of errand person to her and i was aware of
all her transactions and dealings.

Doctor Aquila Al-Hashimi was an adviser to the ex-president of Iraq Sadam
Hussien on petroleum and Agriculture.

She was also one of the pricipal political activitist in the security
council of the regime of Sadam Hussien, She was supposed to be nominated as
the ambassador of Iraq to the United nations when she was attacked by
unknowned gun men in her residence. She received gunshots from the attack
which led to her death five days after in the hospital.

When she was about giving up the ghost, she informed me of the sum of
$8.500.000 which she kept in a safe box and deposited with a diplomatic
delivery company somewhere in West Africa, precisely Cote D'Ivoire. And the
documents that proves this deposit was in her wardrope in the room, Then she
advised me to deliver this document to her relation to claim this box since
she had no child of her own as she was dying on the 23 december 2004.

When i arrived the house i noticed that the deposit certificate of this box
does not contain any name of somebody as the beneficiary.

It was indicated that the box be delivered by the company to the address of
the foreign partner via diplomatic means. And i felt that it is by the grace
of Allah that i got an occasion to leave Irak and i decided to keep this
document within me.

I therefore contacted the company to verify the existence of this box and
they confirmed this to me but was deposited for onward delivery to the
designated address of the foreign associate.

As a result of this event, the family of my late boss held me on suveillance
to know where i have directed this fund. And since i cannot retrieve this
box myself and coupled with the instent spies on me, I am soliciting your
asistance to contact this diplomatic company and apply for the delivery of
this box to your country.

I have the deposit certificate and i am ready to send to you this document
in line with the contact of the diplomatic company so that you might contact
them and apply for the delivery of this box.

You will apply as the foreign associate to my late boss and when you have
received this box, you will then arrange for my arrival into your country to
have my part of this money and as well establish another life for myself.

You should understand that this transaction should be kept within us as
secret, because if the family of my late boss happens to know this, they
will definately kill me. My telephone and my movements are been monitored so
i decided to keep off from this meduim of contacts now. They always keep
someone beside to always spy me, where i am going and what i am doing.

Therefore this transaction needs ultimate carefulnees and safety on my side.
You have no problem with the company, all you need is to contact the company
and present the document.

For your commision, i have set aside, 40% of the total sum as your comision
and 60% will be for me. Should this deal intrest you please do write me
quickly to enable me give you the contact of the company and the deposit
certificate so that you will contact them.

Thanks and may the Almighty and Merciful Allah guide you.

Sincerely Yours
Mona Khalil

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