419 scam: MAJOR AHMED IBRAHIM <ibr2001@gmail.com> PLEASE REPLY THIS INVESTMENT LETTER

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: MAJOR AHMED IBRAHIM <ibr2001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibraaaaa1914@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:40:14 -0300
Subject: PLEASE REPLY THIS INVESTMENT LETTER

Dear friend,

I was greatly delighted when I got your contact from a friend; Anyway I am
Major A U. Ibrahim (Military). I'm looking for your co-operation in
establishing
a five star hotel project or any profitable manufacturing outfit in
your country.

One of the reason I contacted you on this project is because I need an
experienced and mature person to assist me to set up, develop the project and
assume responsibility of ownership as chairman but will be bringing
in profit
/distribute profit monthly or annually, pending my retirement
from service in order to take full control of my investment.

I also open to your advice on any good business you may propose since, I as a
military man and I have not involved in any establishment project before.

Please to go straight to the main point of sending you this mail, I
want you to
know that there is a lot of pressure facing top military officers in
my country
in which I will not want my name to be among the list.

I also want you have in mind that I cannot do this project in my country not
even using my names or identity to transact any investment of huge amount base
on my position in military, this is why I really need your assistance to move
out my entire funds for this establishment so that this money will not be
discovered and seized or confiscate by the central authority, as they
have done
it to some of my colleagues.

Lastly, at this point I want to assure you that your true consent, full
cooperation and confidentiality are all that are required for us to take full
advantage of this opportunity as every modality for successful conclusion has
been put in place and the totaL money in question for this project is $35.5
Million United State Dollars.

I look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best Regards,
Major A U. Ibrahim

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