419 scam: Salef Ibrahim <salefibrahim07@gmail.com> CAN I WORK WITH YOU.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- salefibrahim2007@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Salef Ibrahim <salefibrahim07@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2014 20:02:58 +0000
Subject: CAN I WORK WITH YOU.

Greetings My Dear Friend,

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a
hoax mail and I urgent you to treat it serious. This letter must come to
you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and
become great friends and business partners. Please I want you to read this
letter very carefully and I must apologize for barging this message into
your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency and
confidentiality of this business and I know that this message will come to
you as a surprise. Please this is not a joke and I will not like you to
joke with it ok,

I am Mr.Salef Ibrahim, the newly appointed manager of Coris International
Bank of Burkina Faso, at Burkina. I wish to know if we can work together in
one spirit. I would like you to stand as the beneficiary to my deceased
client Mr. Morris Thompson, who made some deposits of ($14million USD)
(Fourtheen Million United States Dollars) with my bank, he died without any
registered next of kin. In the new rule of Burkina banking system, such
funds have an open beneficiary mandate.

lf you are interested to work with me in this business do let me know so
that I can proceed in provding you more comprehensive details on what we
are to do for the funds to be claim as a new beneficiary. I have made up my
mind to offer you 40% of the total fund while 60% for me. Awaiting your
urgent and positive response.Please contact me urgent on my privet email(
salefibrahim2007@hotmail.com).Thanks

Now my questions are:
1) Can you handle this project?
2) Can I give you this trust?

MANAGER.
Mr Salef Ibrahim.

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