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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: "Zuhair Jassim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <majzuhairjassim@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 14:05:59 +0800
Subject: READ CAREFULLY

Dear Friend,

Compliments, I know this letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine my future and continued existence. Please keep this message top secrete. (I am Major Zuhair Jassim) presently in Malaysia. I am a retired U.S Army Major who once served in the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment which patrolled the An-bar province of Iraq. I am desperately in need of your assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you.

I and my family are planning to relocate to Australia but before we finalize the decision of relocating to Australia I wants to make sure I establish a good relationship with a person like you with a good reputation that will help me secure and protect my wealth & investments. Before I proceed I will like you to go and open this BBC web-links below and read the authenticity of this Event of the news in it as it will help and give you more picture of whom I am.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/2988455.stm

The money you saw in the above BBC web-link is a reality and it is existing. Part of it was shared among us the senior officers, while part of it was returned back to the Iraqi government. But my own share of the money was $16Million USD was kept in a safe deposit company in Asia since 2008 till date . Since I retire from the army, I have been thinking of a safe and better place to settle down and invest the above fund hence I am scared of investing the fund here in the Malaysia to avoid having problems with the Malaysia government as they will probe and punish me if they know the source of the money.I am seeking your assistance to evacuate half of the above sum of (8M USD$) (Eight Million USD) to your country, as far as I can be assured that it will be safe in your care as my Brother.

SOURCE OF MONEY:

Some money in various currencies was discovered and concealed in barrels with piles of weapons and ammunition at a location near one of Saddam Hussein's old Presidential Palaces during a rescue operation and it was agreed by all party present that the money will be shared among us. You have entered the above website to confirm more of our discovery which part of it was made known to the government, but this particular one was shared among us and it is a top secret.


This might appeared as an illegal thing to do but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risks we have taken with our lives in those war torn nations. Please confirm receipt of this mail so I will quickly arrange for the fund to be moved down to you I shall stop here and await your quick response to my private email:majzuhairjassim@hotmail.com

Respectfully,
Retired Major Campbell Stephen,
U.S Army
majzuhairjassim@hotmail.com




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