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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: "KUDOUS"<kudabdullahi@googlemail.com>
Reply-To: <kudabdullahi1@googlemail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2009 13:17:29 +0100
Subject: Contract

Dear sir/madam
Bismillahi'l-Rahmani'l-Rahim.
My message is from Iraq. My name is Kudous Abdullahi; this is a
Contract Invitation from Iraq. My benefactor in the Prime Minister Nouri
Al-Maliki regime is the Director General of the Budget Department/Debt
Management Office (DMO) of the Ministry of Finance, He has mandated me to
seek for your co-operation in a multi million Dollars worth of contract
supplies on various goods and equipments.
We are interested in buying products from your esteemed organization for
the Iraq Reconstruction Program. Kindly arrange to send us, by e-mail
attachment, update on pricing with applicable terms for all products as
supplied by you at your earliest, including shipping schedule to UAE Free
Trade Port for our reference to Iraq Reconstruction Board.
Should you be interested, please send your response to this email address
( urgentcontract2010@gmail.com )
Looking forward to an early response
Kudous Abdullahi.
N.B:
100% upfront payment for all supplies.

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