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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: "mariema Ibrahim" <mariema2020@on.kg>
Reply-To: mariema2010@live.fr
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 21:17:45 -0600 (KGT)
Subject: Miss Mariema Abdullah Ibrahim

Miss Mariema Abdullah Ibrahim

ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE,
WEST AFRICA.


Hello Dear,

I got your contact address on my desperate search for a reliable
person/company for partnership investments overseas. By introduction, I am
Miss Miss Mariema Abdullah Ibrahim a Sierra Leonean and daughter of late
DR PHILLIP IBRAHIM.Before the death of my father he disclosed to me about
the total sum of $22 million US Dollars he deposited under a suspense
account with a bank. This fund represent the huge Sales of Gold and
Diamond he diverted while in office as the Director general for Gold and
Diamond Mining Co-Opretion in our country Sierra Leone.Please For
security reason according to my late father,he made an agreement with the
bank that his or/her beneficiary will come forward to submit his banking
details for onward transfer of this fund to his account.DR PHILLIP
Ibrahim.



My late father advice me in case if he died that I should look for a
foreigner who will stand as the beneficiary of the fund so that the fund
will be transfer to his/her account abroad for partnership investment.
Right now, I am in Abidjan Ivory Coast trying to have a way of
transferring this fund to a trustworthy account.



Meanwhile, I am writing to know if you can stand as the beneficiary of the
fund and to also provide me with your banking details so that I will
submit it to the bank for transfer of the fund for our partnership
investment you will introduce in your country. Note that after the
transfer is made to your account, you will then withdraw some money and
send to us in order for me and my two sisters secure the necessary
documents to enable us come over to meet you for the investment On
confirmation of your interest to assist us,i will send to you the
certificate of deposit with the lodgement receipt of the fund which was
issued to my late father by the bank on the day he deposited the fund will
be forward to you for your confirmation.



N/B. Please do contact me with is my private mail box for safty and
security reasons of the total sum you will be offered 35% to you for
your assistance, while 5% will be set aside for any expenses that might
arise during the transfer. Please indicate your interest as soon as you
received this mail, and note that this transaction need to be
confidential.please I await to hearing from you.Yours faithfully.
Regards.


Miss Mariema Abdullah Ibrahim


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