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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: "BARR. SUNDAY IBE" <barristersundayibe@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:47:11 +0100 (BST)
Subject: URGENT AWAITD


Dear friend

There is a proposal I have for you, I know you will be surprise on how I got your contact, I got it from internet along my desperate search for a reliable source. However, this deal is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will. Barrister sunday ibe and work with a bank (one of the African leading banks in the West Coast). Here in this bank existed a dormant account for the past 8 years which belong to a American national who is now late Mr. Morris Thompson who died on Alaska Airlines Flight 261 More details about the deceased himself, you can check on
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
When I discovered that there had been neither deposits nor withdrawals
from this account for this long period, I decided to carry out a system
investigation and discovered that none of the family member nor relations of the late person are aware of this account. This is the story concisely. Now I want an account overseas where the bank will transfer this fund. Thereafter, had planned to destroy all related documents for this account. It is a careful network and for the past eleven months, I have worked out everything to ensure a hitch-free operation. The amount is not so much at the moment and plus all the accumulated interest the balance in this account stands at-(US$8.million US dollars). Now my questions are-
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. What will be your commission?
If you can sponsor this transfer. Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible. Finally, it is our humble prayer that the information as contained herein is accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.
Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project. After sending a mail for confirmation. I am expecting your urgent response as soon as you receive my message. This is my private Email address: longi_real@yahoo.co.fr
Please notes, my private email address is where you can get me so that I
will explain further and please try and do that immediately you finish
reading this massage as to enable me stop further contacts
Your Best Regarded
Barrister sunday ibe


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