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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. Zahra Al-Kami" <mrsveronicabright@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zahra.alkami23@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:26:15 +0000
Subject: ......REGARDING YOUR ADVERTISEMET /&/ RE: PRE-INVESTMENT NOTIFICATION

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RE: PRE-INVESTMENT NOTIFICATION

Atten:

In regards to your advert, I wish to bring to your notice my interest
TO partner with you on this great business investment opportunity.

I would like to first of all introduce myself to you because you
don't know me.
My name is Zahra Al-Kamil; I'm a widow from Baghdad in Iraq. I got your contact
after surfing for a reliable partner, I have been praying and fasting
to Allah for
a reliable partner and decided to contact you for your immediate assistance.

Due to the very bad situation here in Iraq, those of us in the business circle
are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation, no stable government,
bomb explosion at strategic places, 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 has made business activities totally
paralyzed for
quite sometime now. For instance, no good telephone facilities, no
adequate security,
in fact, almost all the basic infrastructure have been destroyed in
the on-going war in
Iraq and the environment in Iraq have never been conducive business-wise.

Why I need your assistance is that I have a very large amount of
money ( 36. 8M )
in a bank security vault outside Iraqi. which I inherited from my late
husband who
was a major general in Iraqi Army in charge of purchase and maintenance in the
past regime of late Sadam Hussein.

My intention is to move the money from the bank security vault and invest the
money in stock market or real estate in your country with the help of an honest
person like you 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 contacting you, provided you can guarantee the security of my
investment capital in your country.

If you can honestly collaborate with me, I am ready to pay you a good
percentage
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.

If your are interested with the investment and ready to assist my family,
kindly furnish me with your full business contacts information's and
your proposal
for a Joint venture partnership. Every detail concerning the genuinety
and legality of
this fund will be made available to you, the moment we open correspondence.

Please this is in no way a scam and 100% risk free i assure, my family is in
dear need of help from you and we shall remain grateful to whatever
help you render
to us.

I'm Looking forward for a good working relationship with you.

Best regards
Mrs. Zahra Al-Kami

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