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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "SOOMON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <solomon_2002@mail.mn>
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:11:53 +0100
Subject: My sincere regards

Office Of The Director
Fin and Investment department
West African Cement Ind,
West African Cement Bldg,
No 12 Irabor Close,
victoria Island,Lagos



My sincere regards,

The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence, I am making this proposition because I have to
seek the partnership of a resource person to help me realize this project. I am Solomon Idiris Head of
Financial and real estate investment department of West African Cement company.

In January 2003,while I was attending a business investment conference In Switzerland , I got introduced to
a renowned business man Mr. Bassam Qubba a top Iraqi Foreign Ministry Director who engaged my services
as an investment Manager and my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in the West
African cement company due to the war in his country.

Three months later I invited him to London and under my professional guidance, and based on my
advice he made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for shares of the company for 24 calendar months valued
at Euro 8,320,000.00(Eight million, three hundred and twenty thousand euro Sterling),through intercontinental bank plc,
Upon maturity in 2005, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, I sent a reminder and finally discovered from their embassy here that Mr Bassam Qubba,
on the 12th June 2004 aged 60, was assassinated on his way to work in Baghdad's Al-Adhamiya district.

Going through the files, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next
of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation into the share deposite and discovered that
Mr. Bassam Qubbaa did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in the Bank. This sum Euro 8,320,000.00(Eight million three hundred and twenty
thousand Euro Sterlings) has been floating as unclaimed since 2005 in our account with the bank here,
as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones .

Meanwhile he was doing this clandestinely by virtue of his position as a public servant. According to our
law at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will be to the ownership of the cement company if nobody
applies to claim the fund and the five years will elapse by 25th fEBUARY 2010

Consequently, my proposal is that I want to seek your consent as a foreigner to present you to stand in as
the next his next of kin whom he willied this fund to.

Yours Sincerely,
Solomon Idiris

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