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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: "Barrister William Ibe" <williamibe@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: barriwilliamibe@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 06:55:51 -0800
Subject: PROPOSITION

PROPOSITION

With close inquiries made about you , I believe you can handle this matter.I
humbly seek your assistance in a matter that needs utmost trust and confidence
since we have not met, permit me however, I am Barrister William Ibe. I
am contacting you to kindly assist me in the proposition below, which will
be of mutual benefit to us both.

PROPOSITION

A salvadorean, Mr. Ramirez Videurre, 66 years of age and a very prosperous
farmer made a huge bank deposit for investment in the sum of US$17.5 Million
(Seventeen Million, Five hundred Thousand United States Dollars) he named
his wife Mrs. Helga Videurre as the NEXT OF KIN . I was called upon as an
Accredited Attorney to the bank to sign and endorse documents to this deposit
on Mr. Videurre?s behalf.Unfortunately, Mr. & Mrs. Videurre, who died
along with his entire family in Jully 2000 in a plane crash. FOR MORE INFORMATION
VISIT THIS SITE BELOW;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm killing thousands of
people and 1200 others were declared missing.The bank management now mandates
me (being the lawyer that signed and endorsed the deposit papers
for the deceased to trace the family relatives of the deceased so that the
fund will be released to them. I was made to understand that they had no
children. I made several efforts through the El Salvador High Commission
in Lagos to contact any of the deceased family relatives, but to no avail.Failure
to reach any of the family relatives of the deceased ,the only option left
for the Bank?s Management is to declare the deceased account dormant and
revert the fund on trading and investment in the interest of the bank. In
order to avoid this development since it has so far been impossible to trace
any of the deceased family relatives.

I now seek your permission and assistance to have you stand as a distant
relatives to the deceased. So that the fund can be released to you and we
can use it for our mutual benefit. I hope you do understand my concern in
this matteris,that if we do not use this opportunity to claim this fund ,since
the deceased relatives cannot be traced, The management of the bank will
declare the deceased?s account dormant and revert the fund on Trading
and Investment in the interest of the bank. For your assistance, you will
be compensated adequately with (40%) of the total sum (55%) will be my own
share while (5%) will be set aside to cover any incidental expense made
both at home and abroad prior to this transaction .

If you are interested in assisting me with this matter, please send to me
urgently via my EMAIL the following details below: *Full name,Company or
Private Address*Telephone and Fax number(s).Upon receiving the above
details from you, I will work out every documents/proof representing you
as the deceased BONA-FIDE distant relative and when this is done, you will
be contacted by the bank for the release and collection of this fund, which
will be
within one week of my receiving the above details from you. I will meet with
you in your country for disbursement after the fund might have been released
to you and also to discuss investment potentials as I will like to invest
in your country with your assistance.Be assured that this transaction is
100% risk free,as I have taken care of all necessary modalities to enable
a hitch free transaction.Kindly ensure to treat this matter in strict privacy
(Highly Confidential).
yours sincerely,
Barrister William Ibe
Please reply me through my private ID:ibewilliam@tsamail.co.za


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