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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: Abdul Hakim Mallam <hakim3070@iraq.ir>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 20:35:21 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: contract supply



Sir,

I would like to discuss the possibility of your company, partaking in an urgentgovernment  contract supply to Iraq. We ,at the contract review committee,are in the process of  selecting firms like yours to participate in thedevelopment of a major project. This project entails supplying various itemsfor the Humanitarian Aid & Reconstruction Project scheduled for theProvince of Baghdad.

We are determined to purchase your products in large quantities, for use in allover our 18 governorates (provinces) as the task of re-building Iraq coversevery single sector and facet of our society. We'll submit your productsinformation to the contract review committee office of Iraq and the centre foreconomic development. They will examine the propriety and necessitate of yourproduct and approve for bulk supply contracting relationship. I am currently onthe board of the contracting command and centre for economic development, Withmy connections in the corridors of power, we are quite confident of securingapproval.

Also of note is the issue of different financial regulations between my countryIraq and your country. As such you will be paid 100% through the Iraqi ministryof Finance before you commence supplies. When you've received payment, we wouldbe expecting a monthly supply; a the sum budgeted for product may be quiteenormous as to outstrip your capacity and capability to supply.

A consideration also is that your quotation must be CIF Port of Umm Qasr (orthe Jordanian Port of Aqaba). I will reveal more procedural information to youupon your re-confirmation.

Thank you..  

Abdul Mallam.

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