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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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Fraud email example:

From: chief james ibori <james_ibori2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: james_ibori3@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2010 08:15:35 -0500
Subject: READ AND RESPOND


Please accept my apology for encroaching into your privacy without any prior
acquaintance.The prompting of my email is based on my strong desire to
establish a trustworthy relationship with you.

For concise introduction, I am Chief James Onanafe Ibori the immediate past
civilian Governor of Delta State of Nigeria one of the frontline oil producing
state in the Niger Delta. I was the Governor for eight years during the same
period President Olusegun Obasanjo was in power. I ran into troubled
water when
I, some of my colleagues and other democrats vehemently opposed President
Olusegun Obasanjo,s plan to amend the constitution and run for a third term.

Haven scuttled his ambition, he decided to use the anti corruption agency he
set up, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission [EFCC] headed by one of
his cronies Assistance Inspector General of Police Malam Nuhu Ribadu now
dismissed by the present administration and at large to institute
investigation
of corruption against me in Nigeria, Britain and other western
nations. Without
any evidence of fraud, the commission indicted me of abuse of office and
unlawful enrichment of state resources. The [EFCC] in collaboration with the
British Metropolitan Police decided to seize my assets and frozen all my
domestic and foreign bank accounts.

My first wife, some family members and trusted aides that worked with
me during
the said period that live or travelled to London for vacation were
arrested and
have been placed under house arrest with cooked up charges of money laundering
for me. The estimated value of my frozen assets and cash in bank accounts by
the British Authorities under the connivance of the EFCC is over USD
$100M [One
Hundred Million United States Dollars] only. You can view some of this British
Authorities malicious act and blackmail at their BBC Website:

http://allafrica.com/stories/201005280027.html

http://thenationonlineng.net/web2/articles/48005/1/Ibori-may-seek-asylum-in-
Dubai/Page1.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7141047.stm

I am presently seeking for political assylum in United Arab Emirate
*UAE*.Pending the conclusion of my request,I am soliciting your help and co-
operation in the transfer of about Twenty Five Million Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars *$25,200,000.00* into your account. The Account Manager to one of my
coded account is willing to help me transfer out some of the funds
before it is
further discovered by the British investigators and EFCC.

I intend to invest quietly in your country as you will advise.

If you are capable and trustworthy enough to handle this arrangements on my
behalf, kindly forward the details of your personal information by email to
me.I shall forward same to my Account Manager so that he can liase and release
the said funds into the account based on mutual agreement.

I will compensate you with 20% commission of the fund value transferred.

You will receive further specifics from me when you respond.

I look forward to a long and mutually beneficial relationship with you.

Yours Truly,

Chief James O Ibori







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