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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Rahim Ibrahim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rahimibrahim1@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 02:45:14 +0200
Subject: Utmost secret from my bank:Read and get back to me

From: Mr. Rahim Ibrahim
Tokpa Branch Manager
ECO BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC,
Private Tel: +229 99 83 77 71.

Dear Friend



BUSINESS PROPOSAL
__________________

Please I beg for your patience and little time to read this message carefully for our mutual benefits.
I got your contact online while searching for a foreigner to trust and transact a beneficial business
of 9, 200,000.00Euros with. My name is Mr. Rahim Ibrahim; I am a branch manager with ECO Bank-Benin
here in Benin Republic. Please this is not one of those letters or stories out there that is well known as
joke. After reading, if it does not interest you kindly delete the message and keep the secret of what you
read within you.

I have packaged a beneficial business which I would like to execute with you; it involves the amount of
cash mentioned above. As the manager of this branch it is my duty to send financial report to the
headquarters at the end of each mid-year and year-end. On the course of last financial report, I
discovered that my branch made surplus income of Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand Euro
(9, 200,000.00Euro) which my head office is not aware of and no single staff is aware of this surplus
income. I wisely destroyed all files on this amount and channeled the fund into a dormant Transit Escrow
Call Account without stating any beneficiary's name on the fund in our database registration system,
I lodged the fund under pending information so that anybody that apply claim on the fund will automatically
appear as the owner and would absolutely get the money hence the person is a foreigner.

Please I want to bring you into this business by presenting you as the owner/depositor of the money and
I shall use my power as the manager of this branch to identify you as my branch customer and manipulate
our headquarters to grant immediate release order on the fund to be wire transferred to your bank account
in your country or any place you can provide a safe account and when the fund is transferred to your
nominated account, both of us will share the money in the ratio of 45:45%, while the remaining 10% would
be for any expense which might be incurred in this transaction. The arrangement is perfectly sealed and
there is practically no risk involved, this is a very simple transaction since you are going to work with me
as the manager of this branch where the fund is. It is well that the depositor's name and information is
not stated, you will easily claim the fund, and all you need to possess is the account data which I shall
give to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to work with me in this deal.

Let me at this point assure you that as the manager of this branch and the fund is, so you are completely
covered and have absolutely nothing to worry about since you are going to work directly with me. I am
here to protect you, monitor and press the arrangement secretly until the fund is wired into your account
peacefully. As a manager in this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money because of the policy
here which says that no official in the bank is allowed to operate foreign bank accounts or involve in any
local or foreign financial transactions outside the bank's service. That is why I am seeking for your
collaboration to execute and succeed this event because I cannot successfully move this fund without
the partnership of a foreigner to work with me, please I need your cooperation so that I will file the
arrangement and present you to our headquarters as a customer with my branch to fasten quick
release of the fund to you.

Your safety in this deal is 100% guaranteed with full assurance of success; I shall educate you more on
how the arrangement will be carried out successfully without any problem. Get back to me immediately
and indicate your interest and willingness so that we can discuss over the details and full vital information
data you would need pertaining to this deal. Call me any time on: +229 99 83 77 71

Thank you in advance.

Yours Truly,
Mr. Rahim Ibrahim

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