419 scam: "Dr. Musa Ibrahim"<musaib25@gmail.com> =?utf-8?B?U1BBTTogQ2VsZWJyYXRlIFdpdGggTWUhISE=?=

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348056765499 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- emmebe400@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Musa Ibrahim" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <musaibrahim101@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2010 16:29:43 +0100
Subject: =?utf-8?B?U1BBTTogQ2VsZWJyYXRlIFdpdGggTWUhISE=?=

Dearest Friend,

This is to inform you about my success in getting the money moved under the cooperation of a new partner
from South America. Presently i'm in Tuvalu for investing my own part of the money. Meanwhile, I didn't
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in moving the cash despite that both of us could not make
it.

Now contact our lawyer, his name is Emmanuel Ebere and his email address is emmebe400@yahoo.com ask
him to send you US$850,000.00 in a check which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and
attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in touch with our lawyer Emmanuel Ebere and instruct him where to send the check to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferings at that
time. In the moment, I am very busy here investing with my new partner. Finally, I have forwarded
instruction to our lawyer to send the Confirmable Draft to you, so feel free to get in touch with Emmanuel
Ebere and he will send the Draft to you without any delay. You may call him at 234 8056765499.

Best Regards,

Dr. Musa Ibrahim

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