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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 farza" <mrsfarza100@cashego.co.cc>
Reply-To: myofficemail2000@mail.ru
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2008 03:43:04 -0800
Subject: Get Back Please


Mrs Fawziya J. Al-Karbouli
28th King Abdulaziz St.
Riyadh 11415,
Saudi Arabia.

Hello my dear Friend,

I wish to apologize for any inconveniences this proposal may cause you as we
have never met or known each other before.

I am Mrs Fawziya J. Al-Karbouli,an Iraqi National from the northen Kurdish
town of Diyala.I am the wife of the late Mr Mohammad Jamal Al
Karbouly,former president of Patriotic Union of Kurdistan,who was
assasinated last year.I am presently on exile in Riyadh,Saudi Arabia with my
children.

My purpose of sending this message is to solicit for your assistance to help
me transfer the sum of seven million five hundred thousand US
dollars(US$7.5M) that my late husband deposited with a finance and security
company in Europe.Due to the political crisis in my country,I am unable to
secure entry visa to travel to Europe to collect the funds.This is why I am
soliciting for your help to transfer the funds to your custody,until I can
come and meet you in your country.I intend using the funds for investment
purposes in your country.

I am offering you 20% of the funds as compensation/commission for your
assistance.75% of the money is for me, whereas 5% of it shall be used to
take care of overall expenses incurred in the course of the
transaction.Though there are still rooms for more negotiations on this.

I will send to you all the relevant documents covering the transaction and
also give you Power of attorney to receive the funds on my behalf as the
TRUSTEE.

For security reasons,you should reply to my alternative
email:myofficemail2000@mail.ru <email%3Amyofficemail2000@mail.ru>

Please treat with utmost urgency and confidentiality.

Kind Regards,

Mrs Fawziya J. Al-Karbouli

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