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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: "Madam Hanan Abdulhaleem" <info@isleuven.org>
Reply-To: alihananabdulhaleem@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2013 15:25:33 +0100
Subject: Assalamalaikum



Assalamalaikum, Let me introduce myself. My name is Madam Hanan
Abdulhaleem from Basrah address, Shu'aiba Basrah refinery\refinery
houses:no.(20)Basrah city. My husband Engineering contractor Basrah oil
Refinery company Ltd. Whom was killed by bomb blast attack on his way to
work. his convoy came under attack by roadside bomb blast killing his
driver & body guards, before my husband death he received the sum of
$11million from the Iraqi UN OIL FOR FOOD PROGRAM, IRAQI OIL MINISTRY for
contracts (SOC)SOUTH OIL COMPANY BASRAH. for supplies of equipments &
materials re/construction of north & south Ruwaila laying pipe lines oil
refinery,destroyed by war. Iraq very bad turning into civil war, shiates
against sunnis, our position not good we are not safe and have been in
Iraqi house arrest for years with my children because of my late husband
oil contract money, This is why the UN intervene and bring us to this
country Benin Republic, my purpose to contact you, I want to invest the
money ($11million) in your country and partner with you as my investment
manager. i am in need of businessman or woman to help me in investment
business & buy home villa to live with my four children in your country
because we are living in an Army camp here and my children do not like it
at all. Please reply Full contact detail.... FUll name....
.........Address... Country and mobile.. Email:
alihananabdulhaleem@yahoo.com LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU. Allah
Bless you, Madam Hanan Abdulhaleem Ali.




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