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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: "Ali Ibrahim" <dr_alibrahim13@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:16:23 +0000
Subject: ASSALAM-U-ALAIKUM

ASSALAM-U-ALAIKUM FROM DR.ALI IBRAHIM
THE MANAGER OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPT,
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO.


ASSALAM-U-ALAIKUM

Dear friend,

How are you doing with your family?, I presume that all is well with youI am
the manager of audit and accounting department at the foreign unit of our
bank.I got your contact from the international directory when i was looking
for a foreigner who will assist me to achieve a great success business that
will yeild us life success.

Before i wrote you,i prayed that you will be a honest and reliable person
whom i can work with to achieve this deal of our life.

>From my section in the bank, I discovered an abandoned sum of FIFTEEN
MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS ($15m) that belongs to one of our customer who died along
with his entire famillies,on 25TH JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight
AF4590 ] with the whole passengers aboard.

You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i
was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank
management for the annual audit of the year.Since the bank got information
about the death of the deceased man, the bank have been
expecting his next of kin to apply and claim his money because the bank
cannot release the fund unless a person from any foreign countries apply for
the transfer of the fund as the next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately i learnt through
investigations that all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him at
the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now
decided to make this business proposal to you so that you will apply to the
bank tol release the money to you as the next of kin or relation for safety
and subsequent sharing since nobody is coming for it.

For us to achieve this businesss immediately,the percentage ratio for
sharing the fund when the bank release the fund to you must be arranged.So i
accept that thirty percent of the fund(30%) will be for you as a foreigner
for the provision of any bank account where the bank will transfer the money
into including other of your participation during the process of the
transfer,Sixty percent (60%) will be for me as the person who explores the
business,Four percent of the fund (10%) will be for the expenses which may
come forth during the transfer of the fund,

Thereafter I will visit your country for sharing the money according to the
percentages indicated above.So for the immediate transfer of this fund into
your bank account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the only
existening next of kin to the deceased customer by indicating in the
application the bank account information where you will request the bank to
transfer the fund
into.So if you accept to help me in other to achieve this great business,i
will send to you through email or by fax,an Application form of claim which
you will fill with your account information and send to the bank for the
transaction to start immediately.

Please i would like you to know the following informations.(1.) This
business is HUNDRED PERCENT FREE FROM RISK.(2.)You will not face any much
questions because the application will bear the brief information of the
deceased which the bank may like to know.(3.) If you will follow my
instructions and directives,this transaction will be completed within a
short period of time.(4.)You should keep this business CONFIDENTIAL or
SECRET until the fund get transfered into your account for safety and
security purpose.



My regards to you and your family.

Yours faithfully,
DR.ALI IBRAHIM


N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through
this (website)before you start with me.
Below is the website.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)

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