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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
  • "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: auwal abdulsalam <auwal_abdulsalam@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 05:33:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ASSIST


STRRET: Minitary Zone 93
STATE: Bagdad,
COUNTRY: Iraq:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Auwal Abdulsalam. business man based in Bagdad in Iraq,
I contact you for a little assistance you can render to me.
Due to the situation here in Iraq, those of us in the
business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with
the situation here, no stable goverment, bomb explotion at
strategic places every now and then, 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 now has made business activities totally
parallised for quite sometime now. For intance, no good
Telephone facilities, no adequate security, infact, all most
all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the
recent war in Iraq, eversince then, the environment in Iraq
has never been conducive business wise.
Please, why I need your assistance is that I have about
(Us$19.4 million united states Dollars in my
Custody. I inherited the money from late my father who was
a major general in Iraq army in charge of purchase and
maintenance in the immediate past regime. My intention is
to move the money out of Iraq and invest the money in stock
market or real estate in your country with the help of an honest
person who will work with me as my foreign associate, I
want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid lossing
the money, because it is not wise doing business in the
atmosphere of fear here in Iraq, that?s why I am calling on
You.
If you can honestly collaborate with me, i am ready to pay
you up to 33% 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
explotion seems to have no end. I wait patiently for your
Urgent response.
Best Regards
Auwal Abdulsalam.
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