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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: info@iacci.info
Reply-To: kamaran.salman@o2.pl
Date: Thu, 19 Nov 2015 17:56:51 -0800
Subject: PARTAKE IN REBUILDING IRAQ.

19/11/2015

Salaam Alaikum ,

The economy of Iraq has been devastated by the recent war,now that the war is winding down the emphasis
in Iraq has turned to rebuilding a viable, vibrant economy ,in this light the Iraqi Asian Chamber of Commerce and Industry(IACCI) have been mandated to partner with the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI)both agencies have a renewed mandate from the government of Iraq to solicit, evaluate and recommend reputable foreign companies to work as partners in "THE PROJECT RE-BUILD IRAQ" .The launch of ongoing sourcing and bulk supply strategies has opened up new streams of public sector supply opportunities as your company with email address: has been shortlisted to participate in "THE PROJECT RE-BUILD IRAQ".

Please kindly confirm your willingness to partake in the supplies and contracting program under this new initiative
"THE PROJECT RE-BUILD IRAQ" ,do confirm by return correspondence to our email or fax numbers below in order to allow us send detailed procedures.Thank you for your co-operation.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr.Kamaran Salman
Email:infokamaransalman@o2.pl
Tel:+964-750-211-9067 EXT 102,+44-70-319-93294
Fax:+964-780-380-0101,+44-70-240-10405

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Sent from IACCI Server 4 @4:34am on 19/11/2015

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