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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: mail sent <mailsent@web.de>
Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:55:27 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL WITH YOU!!


Wa alaikum Assalam Wa Rahmatu Allah Wa Barakatuh

My name is saeed karim al-hassan tikrit a citizen of Iraq and son of Ali H=
assan al- Majid(Chemical Ali) who was condemed and approved for death by h=
anging.=20

There is this reasonable amount of funds which my father kept in Europe, =
now i have decided to invest it outside my country,because of my fathers c=
urrent situation and also of my family security. Please there is no risk i=
nvo lved. Please i want you to assist me in transfering the funds into you=
r private account for investment purposes. If you can be of an assistance =
to me reply to my private email addresse, skazizz@gmail.com [http://us.f44=
9.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose=3FTo=3Dskazizz@gmail.com] On your reply i will upd=
ate you more of the funds.
Yours Faithfully, Mr. Saeed


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