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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: ibrahimmusa4@zipmail.com.br
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2007 16:10:55 +0200
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?BUSINESS=20=20=20=20PROPOSAL?=


ATTENTION:

My name is Mr. IBRAHIM MUSA I hail from the Federal Republic of Ghana,
41 years, married with three children. I am the Diretor of Global Security
& Finance Services Limited, South Africa. I got the information concerning
you from the Internet and after due consideration, I decided to contact
you believing that by the Grace of God, that you will not
disappoint me over this deal.

I have been working with this company for over fifteen years. Within this
period,and i have watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of
State and Government functionaries have been using Global Security & Finance
Ltd to move sums of money USD, Pounds Sterling, French Francs (cash) to
their foreign partners. They bring in these consignments of cash and secretly
declare the contents as jewelries, gold, diamonds, precious stones, family
treasures, and documents etc.
Mobutu Sese Seko of Zaire (dead), Gen. Sanni Abacha of Nigeria (dead),Fode
Sankoy of Sierra Leone, Babangida of Nigeria, Felix Houphet Boigny of Cote
d"Ivoire (dead), Kanan Bedie of Cote d"Ivoire (Abidjan) etc. All these people
have many consignments deposited with my office.

Their foreign partners, friends and relatives are claiming most of these
consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as eight
years. Nobody will ever come for them because in most cases, the Certificate
of Deposit are never available to anybody except the depositors or me since
most of them are dead. I have through the instrumentality of Global Security
& Finance re-deposited all these unclaimed and overstayed consignment into
the Vault Facility of a reputable Security Company in Europe. Since the
inception of the year 2000, our company's management has changed the procedure
of claims of consignment, as soon as you are able to produce the secret
information as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will
bereleased to you upon demand.


I have finalized every arrangement for you to claim consignment No. 1401,
1402 containing $13.7 Million.(Thirteen Million seven hundred Thousand)
I will supply you with all the information and documents that will facilitate
your easy claim of the consignment. Upon your positive reply of this letter,
I will furnish you with further details and information regarding the modus
operandi for the execution of the transaction. This business is risk free
as I have taken necessary preventive measures. (The mode of sharing will
be 50-50), you can reach me by email and I will direct you on what to do
and also
l like you to furnish me with your full name and your confidential phone
and fax number(s) for easy reach.

Please Expedite action
.
Yours faithfully,

MR. IBRAHIM MUSA

NOTE: PLEASE COPY YOUR REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS:

ibrahimmusa5@myway.com









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