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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: From Engr Ibrahim Wahala <ib457m@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: ibrci@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 01:21:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM ENGR IBRAHIM WAHALA.

FROM ENGR IBRAHIM WAHALA
LOT 857 RUE 21 ZONE 4
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE

DEAR SIR,

I AM CONTACTING YOU FROM MY OFFICE CONFIDENTIALLY CONCERNING THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF AN AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM HERE IN ABIDJAN WEST AFRICA.

THIS MONEY IN QUESTION IS USD $2.2 MILLION DOLLARS AND THE FUND IS CURRENTLY IN THE BANK OF AFRICA IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AND I WANT YOU TO HELP ME TO RECEIVE THE MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SO THAT I CAN COME OVER TO MEET WITH YOU FOR THE SHARING OF THE FUND AS I HAVE AGREED TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THE TOTAL FUND WHILE THE REST OF 80% WILL BE THERE IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT UNTIL I WILL MEET WITH YOU AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTION IS OVER.

PLEASE SEND ME YOUR DIRECT AND CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN CALL YOU SO THAT WE CAN TALK IN FULL DETAILS AND I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS INVOLVED.

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL RESPONSE URGENTLY.

THANKS.

ENGR IBRAHIM WAHALA



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