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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: Mr Ibrahim Malik
Reply-To: <ollivegroup02@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 14:05:22 +0800
Subject: From Ibrahim Malik

>From Ibrahim Malik

Dear Sir,

My name is Malik Ibrahim, I am an accountant with a construction company here in my country, I have a business proposal which I will like to discuss with you, we have an over inflated invoice valued $5,400,000.00 dollars which we are looking for a reliable company outside our country whom we present to our company as the company who supply the construction materials, the original contractors has completed their job and have been duly paid leaving the over inflated amount for me and two other colleague, now we are looking for some one we will present to our company and have this payment transferred to your company account, we will prepare all supply contract invoice in the name of your company, and all other documents you will need to present for our company to approve this payment to your company, we will give you more information as soon as you indicate your interest to work with us, we will also discuss our modality with which we will shear this money on a mutual underst!
anding and agreement,
Your response will be highly appreciated

Regards
Malik Ibrahim
Tel: +447045760520
Email: malikibrahim948@gmail.com

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