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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: "Ajara Ibrahim" <ajaraibrahim1@msn.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2006 15:53:12 +0000
Subject: MORE DETAILS

Dear Kylee Beauclerc.

Please accept my sincere gratitude for your urgent respond to my message.As
my proposal has said it all concerning the nature and the part you are to
play so that we can have success in this business, I only owe you but a
little explanation. The deceased customer died when my bank does not know
any of his relation or family and every attempt made by my bank to reach or
contact any of his family friends or relations proved abortive that is why I
have contacted you to apply to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased
customer.Now to the main and most important question I must remind you that
I am a banker by profession and for that reason,I have access to
informations.I will appreciate it the most if you do me a simply favour by
assisting in getting this fund out from the bank,

I am still active in service and there is no atom of risk involve, in the
first place so I am still re-assureing you that we are going to accomplish
is transaction.The most important issue as regards this transaction is to
alert the bank first of all with your application and once that is
done,thereby giving us the total control over the fund,I want you to keep
this transaction confidential please for safety reasons.I want to remind you
because of how important and urgent this transaction is to me. Be informed
that all I need from you is trust, confidence and your capability to handle
this transaction as I will not want any disappointment from your side and
moreso I equally want you to assure me that you will not disappoint me or
betray me if this money is transferred into your bank account.Presently,
this money is still here in the bank unclaimed that is why I have contacted
you to assist me claim this money to enable me come over to your country for
sharing which is for our benefit and for that of our families as well.


Please I stand to assure you that this transaction is risk free as I did
mention in my first message and will be 100% successful for all I need from
you is to follow my instructions as to avoid making any mistake.Therefore,
on your reply, I will send to you an application Specimen you will retype
and send to the bank for approval of the fund,for I am giving you a 100%
assurance of success as all my hope and future is in this transaction for I
have served this bank for many years without any achievment, and this is the
only opportunity before me which I want you to assist me so that we will
receive this money which is for our benefits.

Finally, I will be waiting for your urgent reply to this mail so that we
will proceed further and I assure you that within one weeks time this money
must surely be released and transferred into your bank account because the
bank have been expecting the relation or next of kin to the deceased to have
come to claim this money for a very long time now.And all the same I will
not hesitate to send the documentary, on hearing from you.

Could you please send to me your telephone number.So i explain more about
this transaction and at the same time send the documentary partaining to the
claims.



Yours Faithfully,
Mrs Ajara Ibrahim.



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