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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: "Mr Ibrahim Khalid" <ibrahim_khalid03@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: ibrahim_khaliid4@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 2 Nov 2007 12:15:16 +0100
Subject: ASSISTANCE URGENTLY NEEDED

Dear Sir,


I wish you go through this offer to consider being my partner.I am Mr.Ibrahim Khalid .,from the republic of Sierra-Leone in west Africa,now seeking political asylum in Senegal under the (UNHCR).I got your contact through my search for a business partner.

In Details.My late father (Dr.MUSTAPHA KHALID) was the managing director of Rainbow Gold Diamond Mining company in (KEN EMA) Sierra- Leone.But was killed during the longing civil war and all his properties was totally destroyed.However, we managed to escape with some of my father's precious Money sum of 20.000.000.Million UNITED STATE Dollars which is presently deposited safely in a security and finance company here in Dakar.

Now we are saddled with the problem of securing a trust worthy foreign personality to help us transfer the money over to his country pending my arrival to meet with him.Furthermore,we only want this done this way because your country is politically stable for any profitable investment and if you accept our proposal,you will serve as the beneficiary of the money.

I am giving you the offers as mentioned with every confidence on your acceptance to assist us,we have decided to give you 20% out of the total money generated from the assistance us.Secondly,we shall mapped out 5% for any miscellaneous expenses that you may incur during the transferring of the money over to your country. Finally,t,i wish you send me a reply immediately as soon as you receive this proposal, so that we shall arrange on how to lift this consignment out of Dakar Senegal to your country.
On commencement,this transaction will take (7) working days to be accomplished.A certificate of ownership, would be fax to you immediately i receive your urgent and positive reply. My alternative email address is (ibrahim_khalid@yahoo.com) i need your information such as your

Your Name........................
Age..................................
Country.............................
Marital status....................
Occupation.......................
position hold.....................
Phone/fax number.............
Passport/Identity number...

best regards.
Ibrahim


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