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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: "frank ibe" <frankibe2@msn.com>
Reply-To: frankibe00@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 11:43:40 +0000
Subject: Urgent Business Assistance

NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS (NLNG)
(A SUBSIDIARY OF NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COPORATION)
PLOT 128 INDEPENDENCE AVENUE, ABUJA-NIGERIA.
SUBJECT: TEN MILLION (US$10,000,000.00) DOLLARS TRANSFER
EMAIL: frankibe2@msn.com

ATTN:DEAR.

THANKS FOR A GOOD PIECE OF INFORMATION I GATHERED ABOUT YOU IN MY QUEST TO
GET AN HONEST AND TRUST WHORTHY PERSON FOR THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION

I AM FRANK IBE A DIRECTOR GENERAL WITH NIGERIAN LIQUIFIED NATURAL GAS
(NLNG). I HAVE A TOTAL AMOUNT OF $10,000,000.00 U.S DOLLARS WHICH I WANT
MONEYTO TRANSFER TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT. THE
ACCRUED AS A RESULT OF OVER INVOICING DURING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE SECOND
PHASE OF THE NLNG PLANT AT BONNY - PORT HARCOURT. HOWEVER, AS A CIVIL
SERVANT IN NIGERIA, WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT. I WILL
OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL MONEY IF YOU CAN PRODUCE BANK ACCOUNTS WHERE THIS
FUND WILL BE TRANSFFERED INTO FOR SAVE KEEP AND INVESTMENT . IT MAY INTEREST
YOU TO KNOW THAT LATE LAST YEAR, I EXECUTED A SIMILAR TRANSACTION OF THIS
NATURE WITH AN OSAKA-JAPAN BASED MULTI MILLIONARE BUSINESS WOMAN-

MRS.KONAMI YAMAMOTO WITH PHONE NUMBER:81-9085437498.WHEN THE MONEY WAS
EVENTUALLY TRANSFFERED INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT IN JAPAN, SHE SUPRISINGLY
SEIZED THE WHOLE MONEY WITHOUT REPARTRIATING MY OWN SHARE. HENCE, DUE TO
THIS PAST TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE, YOUR HONESTY AND TRANSPARENCY IS OF HIGH
DEMAND.HOWEVER, DUE TO STRICT CONFIDENTIAL REASONS, YOU ARE REQUIRED TO
REPLY THIS LETTER BY INDICATING YOUR INTEREST THROUGH THIS

EMAIL ADDRESS: frankibe00@yahoo. com
YOU ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO STATE YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS, FAX
NUMBER,PHONE NUMBERS IN YOUR REPLY.

I AM EXPECTING YOUR REPLY AND YOUR INTEREST.
THANKS.YOURS TRULY,

FRANK IBE



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