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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: "tanja ibrahim" <tanjaibrahim12@biz.by>
Reply-To: b_ibrahimtanja02@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:57:55 +0000
Subject: Kindly call me as soon as you reply this message for my urgent attention


*From: Ibrahim Tanja (ESQ.)
Senior Advocate of the Cabinet
Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso
Tel: +226 75 00 50 81
West Africa. *

* *

*Dear Friend, *

*With due respect, I know this mail will come to you as a surprise. I am
Ibraham Tanja, the principle of BT AT LAW FIRM. I hope you will not expose
or betray the trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the
mutual benefit of our both families. *

*I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $14.2 million
immediately to your account. The money has been dormant for years in late
Mr. Jonas Savimbi account here in my country without any body coming for it.
He handed to me some lodgement documents as statement of account include
fund deposited certificate with me which he had deposited some money encased
in the bank.*

*I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to my late client
who was killed by unknown assailants.*

*You may read more about my father on the link: *

*http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/264094.stm*<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/264094.stm>
* *

* The said deceased was one of the best clients in my Firm so therefore, I
don't want the money to go into Bank Treasury as an abandoned fund according
to the bank protocols guiding inheritance fund here because I'm the only
person in position now to appointing who to claim the money. *

*Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you full details on how the
Business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above
mentioned sum if you agree to transact the business with me. *

*Barr. Ibrahim Tanja
BT AT LAW FIRM,
Tel+226 75 00 50 81
*

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