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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: "Engr. Ali Abdullah" <ali.abdullah2@terra.com.ve>
Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 04:03:24 +0100
Subject: Dear Friend..............I need your helpe please reply thaks




From: Ali Abdullah
Jasim Street,
Ibrahim'Ali, Tikrit - Iraq.

Re: Urgent Assistance Needed


Dear Friend,

By way of introduction I am Engr. Ali Abdullah, 43 years old. I am writing you from my sick bed in a specialist hospital here in Iraq after being a victim of the recent bomb blast that killed more than 90 people and left so many seriously injured. I represent my family as the oldest son of the Abdullah family, who are the descendants of 'Ibrahim'Ali' from the oil rich region of Tikrit, in Iraq. Our story is a very pathetic one and I apologise for taking you back to history. I do hope you will kindly and patiently read and remember moneys paid to royalties for the exploration of oil in our region.

Unfortunately, in the past 15 years, Saddam Hussein and his gang of bandits (Republic Guards) has taken over our oil wells without payments and we can not complain as those who did were all assassinated in Gas Chambers. In the wake of the Gulf War of 1990, our family withdrew most of our funds from the coded bank accounts we used in safeguarding it from Saddam Hussein and hide it in a secret chamber underground, where it remained safe until after the war.

At the end of Gulf war, we moved the funds into a private vault of a security company in Baghdad, where it has remained until the fall of the wicked/terrorist government of Saddam Hussein. Prior to the ouster and fall of the regime of Saddam Hussein by the American and British forces, and the eventual looting of most public institutions, we realized that the safety of our deposit with the Security Company was in great danger.

However, we have been able to move the box/vault containing the fund totaling US$14.7 Mill ion from the Safe Deposit Company out of Iraq under diplomatic cover with the help of a United States Marine Sgt.James). Presently Iraq is engulfed in serious crisis and as this crisis intensified by the day, I have decided to relocate out of Iraq to another country as life in Iraq would no longer interest us.

I am therefore soliciting for your co-operation to take delivery of this fund into your custody for any profitable investment that will be mutually beneficial for both of us. I will send to you the issued deposit documents and change of ownership documents that will empower you and to ensure smooth movement of this funds overseas where it is kept now until you are in control of it.

Please let me know if you are interested by return email to ali.abdullah2@terra.com.ve [mailto:ali.abdullah2@terra.com.ve] and also include your full names, address and contact telephone and fax numbers. I will provide you with necessary details as soon as you indicate appreciable interest to deal.

Regards
Engr. Ali Abdullah
For the entire 'Ibrahim'Ali' family.



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