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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. Rashad Alnaqar" <ma8227532@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 02:55:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: (From: Mrs.Rashad Suha Alnaqar) , I will be happy to see your reply



(From: Mrs.Rashad Suha Alnaqar) , I will be happy to see your reply
Address - Shahid Adnan Surgical, Bab Al-moatham
Baghdad Medical City Baghdad.
Dearest Beloved
My Name is Mrs.Rashad Suha Alnaqar an Iraqi , I am the wife of Late Prof. Dr. Dawood Alnaqar, He is the President Scientific Assistant of Basrah University  and in charge of building all Universities and campus in Iraq,i have been sick for 3 and half years now ,  I am now receiving treatment here in the Hospital  in Iraq at  Shahid Adnan Surgical Bab AlMoatham Baghdad Medical City Baghdad, My cancer has effected my heart making me not walk ,I am not worried about my  illness but I need you to assist my son in investing our inheritance from my husband.

The fund is currently deposited in a bank vault in Thailand and My son is currently in Thailand seeking asylum as a refugee in Thailand now, so that, he will  secure the transfer of the Fund but the problem is that he can not handle the transaction alone and being a refugee he is not Authorized to handle a very big amount in Thailand that is why we need your help and he can not open or operate a bank account as refugee.

I have decided to contact you because I am interested in you doing business with my son and investing the money  in your country, we inherited the sum of  (US$5,000,000.00).[ Five Million United State Dollars] which we inherited from my Late Husband and my only survived son Musa, He went  in Thailand as refugee due to the situation in Iraq and it very difficult for him to cope with the situation here, no stable government, bomb explosion at strategic places and  sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of any kind of attack because of my husband position, my sons life  has been a risk living in Iraq, since his position has made us a target .

However, upon your acceptance to work as my son partner, please include your private contact telephone number and private email when replying. You can  contact me by my private email (ma8227532@gmail.com) or better still with this email above for more details if you are interested to invest with us.
Yours Sincerely,
( Mrs.Rashad Suha Alnaqar.)
 

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