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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: "ibrahim sani" <ibrahim_2k66@marsool.com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2006 03:07:08 +0300
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS


Please I Need A Trustworthy Person...
FROM THE DESK OF: IBRAHIM SANI
2, Ajose Adeogun Street, P.O. Box 72688
City Victoria Island State Lagos.k

Dear respectful one,

I am IBRAHIM SANI, a Manager in the Bills and Exchange at the Foreign
Remittance Department Of One of the Leading Banks in Nigeria. I Am
Writing This Letter to Ask For Your Support And Cooperation to Carry
Out
This Business Opportunity in My Department.
We Discovered an Abandoned Sum of $US$51,000,000.00(Fifty _One Million
Us Dollars) In an Account That Belongs To One Of Our Foreign Customers
Who Died Along With His Entire Family A Wife And Two Children in
November 1999 in an Auto Crash. Since We Heard Of His Death, We Have
Been
Expecting His Next-Of-Kin To Come Over and Put Claims for His Money as
the Heir, Because We Cannot Release The Fund from His Account Unless
Someone Applies For Claim As The Next-Of-Kin to the Deceased As
Indicated
In Our Banking Guidelines. Unfortunately, Neither Their Family Member
or
Distant Relative Has Ever appeared To Claim The Said Fund. It Is In Our
Banking Guideline That If None Of the Relatives Come Up To Claim This
Fund after 6years of the Death of the Late Customer, the Fund Will Be
Regarded As an Unclaimed Bill and Will Be Transferred To the Banks
Treasury Account.
Upon This Discovery, I and Other Officials in My Department Have Agreed
To Make Business with You and Release the Total Amount into Your
Account As The Heir of the Fund since No One Came For It Or Discovered
He
Maintained Account with Our Bank, Otherwise the Fund Will Be Returned
To
the Banks Treasury as Unclaimed Fund.
We Have Agreed That Our Ratio Of Sharing Will Be As Stated Thus;30 %
For You As Foreign Partner,65 % For Us The Officials In My Department
And
5 % For The Settlement Of All Local And Foreign Expenses Incurred By Us
And You During The Course Of This Business.
Upon The Successful Completion Of This Transfer, I And One Of My
Colleagues Will Come To Your Country And Mind Our Share. It Is From Our
65%
We Intend To Import Agricultural Machineries Into My Country As a Way
Of
Recycling The Fund. To Commence This Transaction, We Require You to
Immediately Indicate.
You're Interest by A Return E-Mail with the Following Information:
1) Your Private Telephone and Fax Number
2. Your Full Name
Upon The Receipt of This, I Will In turn Get Back to You and Give You
The Modalities for the Bank to Approve You as the Next Of Kin.Note
Also,
This Transaction Must Be Kept Because Of Its Nature. I Look Forward
Receiving Your Prompt Response.
YOUR ROLE:
All I Need From You Is To Stand As The Beneficiary Of The Above Quoted
Sum And I Will Re-Profile The Funds With Your Name, Which Will Enable
The Bank Transfer The Sum To You. I Have Decided To Use This Sum To
Relocate To American Continent And As Soon As I Confirm Your Readiness
To
Conclude The Transaction With Me,I Will Provide You With The Details.
Please Reach Me Through This Email:ibrahim_sani@myway.com

Best Regards
IBRAHIM SANI


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