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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: pascal_ibe@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:54:21 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?LETTER?=

Hello dear,

I feel obliged writing this mail to you. I am not quitee xposed to foreign
business and friends, hence i write to you with hope and trust that you
will wellcome my mail without being bias and that you will be trustworthy
to me.Please permit me to use this medium to explain my problems to you
in detail as i told you on net.

But firstly, i will like to tell you who i am so that you will understand
and comprehend my points clearly because of the fraud and scamm around the
world now which i have been very careful about not to fall a victim because
this money is the only hope of our life and living now.

THIS IS TRUTH FROM MY HEART, I write this mail to you with the hope that
we shall later discuss person-to- person. My writing this mail to you therefore
should not be seen as a mistake or with any other intension rather than
for what i am proposing to you.

THIS IS REAL AND TRUTH SAYING FROM MY HEART.
l am PASCAL IBE(jnr). l was born on oct
26-1979 25 year old, third year law students, State University Of Science
& Technology, Son of late His Royal Highness JEROME IBE 11, My father retired
as Former minister before he died on 29 December 2003.
Prior the probate of my late father's WILL and lastTestament, it was discovered
that my father lodged the Sum of $5,000 000.00 (Five million US Dollars)
in a Vault, together with specific instruction to me on how totransfer this
money Abroad. This is a special arrangement with the company since his intension
was to invest the money himself.

Among other reasons, my father did not wish this money to fall into the
hands of political enemies, who might conspire to share my inheritance among
themselves. He therefore had his Attorney draw up a document empowering
a foreingner that will help me invest this funds into any
viable business abroad.

If you can agree to assist me, by sending to me via email attachment , i
will send you necessary Document from my father's Attorney in order for
you to a fix your name etc, in the space provided there after you should
send it back to me in order to effect the transfer of this money from here
to any country of your choice Abroad for investiments only.

My father also indicated that such an Executor who helps me to transfer
this money abroad for safety, will be entitled to any percentage agreed
by him with my attorney and that will not exceed 30% of the $5 million

I appeal to you for urgent assistance to enable me effect the Terms of my
late father's WILL, in transfering this money abroad, for any good ivestment
of your liken, you will also take care of me and my school fees and little
xpenses for the family until our agreed years of investiments elapse;

Please my dear regard this matter as a help to safe guide my life and inheritance
from the hands of my father's enemy and some greedy family members.
I wait for your positive response towards my proposal, also
include your phone/ fax numbers to enable me to contact you immediately.
kindly reply through my alternative email addresss for
security reason, pascalibe012@yahoo.com
Thanks and best regard
PASCAL IBE













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