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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: "Awatif Alkamil" <awatifa640@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrawatif.alkamil40@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 18:53:05 -0700
Subject: Very urgent inshy Allah


* * *Npm 167 kaimo Wy,
Zayouna St,Box 1877,
Baghdad city Iraq.
Email:mrsawatif.alkamil40@yahoo.com
Tel: 964 1 3365606
*
*Salute ,
I am Mrs Awatif Al-kamil woman based in Baghdad in Iraq,I came across your
email after a search on web,so i felt i should contact you for a transaction
we could do together,so it is with that i wish to contact you for a little
assistance you can render to me.Due to the situation here in in Iraq,those
of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the
situation here,no stable government,bomb explosion at strategic places every
now and then,sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their
normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack,above
all.the crisis in Iraq now has made business activities totally parallelizes
for quite sometime now.for instance,no good telephone facilities,no adequate
security,in fact,all most all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during
the recent war in Iraq,ever since then .he environment in Iraq has never
been conducive business wise.

Please,why i need your assistance is that i have about (us$ 10.000.000)ten
million united states Dollars in my custody.i inherited the money from late
my husband who was a major general in Iraqi army in charge of purchase and
maintained in the immediate past regime.My intention is to move the money
out of Iraq and invest the money in stock market or real estate in your
country with the help of an honest person who will work with me as my
foreign associate, i want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid losing
the money, because it is not wise doing business in the atmosphere of fear
here in Iraq,that's why i am calling on you.If you can honestly collaborate
with me ,i am ready to pay you up to 20% of the total amount if you can
sincerely assist me to actualize this project soon,because the situation
here in Iraq is very critical,the everyday bomb explosion seems to have no
end.

I wait patiently for your urgent response i am just trusting on you in the
name of Almighty ALAH and i know you will not sit on my money and deny me,
am a devoted Moslem's woman (sheer) and i respect ALLAH so pls do not
disappointing me because i have made up my mind to establish the US$10m
dollars in your country of which i would want you to be my business partner.
i told my Diplomat that you are my business partner and we have fiduciary
relationship. i hope you understood me clearly. inshy allah. Pls bear in
mind that this transaction is likely to attract Expenses, and you and myself
with take care of the expenses but i assure you, that you will be paid back
at the end of this Dream Project inshy Allah.

waiting patiently for your Anticipated favorable reply.Reply to this email (
mrsawatif.alkamil40@yahoo.com)
Byee

Allah bless you.*

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