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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: hananaaali18888@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2007 16:46:09 -0800
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Hanan=20Dhari=20Ali=20Al=2DFayadh=2E?=

Dear,
I am Hana Ali,the Only Child of Late Asad Dhari Ali Al-Fayadh (Prominent
Iraqis House of Assembly Member ) who was killed along with three of his
bodyguards and my brother in a suicide bomb attack in neighborhood of Rashdiya
Northern Baghdad,while my mother died of heart attack two weeks after my
fathers death .

View the Website below for detail Story of how I lost my influential parents.


http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/06/28/iraq.main/

My late and beloved father deposited a huge amount($115.500.000.00)one
hundred fifty million, five hundred thousand US dollars in a prime bank
in Eur precisely .

All I need from you is an assistance to transfer the fund to your country
for investment and i will come over to join you in your country IN CONCLUSION,


IF YOU WANT TO ASSIST US , I SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF THE BUSINESS,
TELL YOU WHERE THE
FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES
INCLUDING REMUNERATION FOR YOUR SERVICES. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING
THIS MONEY,

BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED. I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES
AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVEINVESTMENTS.

MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY,WHICH THIS
BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE,
WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU. after the transfer is done.

I will give you 15% of the total sum (sharing ration is Negotiable} but
most of all is that I solicit your trust

Yours sincerely,
Hanan Dhari Ali Al-Fayadh.


PLS KINDLY REPLY ME WITH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS(hananaaali@latinmail.com)




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