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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: "Ibrahim Mohammad Usman" <info@mail.com.my>
Reply-To: ibrahim.usman118@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:23:17 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Respond Needed

Dear Sir,

How are you and your family? I hope they are fine? If so thanks be to
ALLAH. Please sir. let me use this opportunity to introduce myself I
am Ibrahim Mohammad Usman the eldest son of late Mohamed Mohammad
usman, I am 26yrs old ,and my mother name is Amina Mohammad usman 50
years old widow, i am the next of kin to the metallic strong box
containing $6.5m usd clean cash which is lying down in united nation
storage room for safety keeping. Sir the fund is not a stolen or drug
fund. My late Father was an owner of a small Gold and Diamond
Corporation Company in my home town in Somalia. my father died as a
result of power struggle It was a political struggle, After his death
i and my mother had to move to United Nation Malaysia Kuala Lumpur to
resettle and also because of the consignment which was deposited by my
late father (Mohamed Mohammad usman) with security company before it
was shipped to Malaysia but we are also not safe because if those in
Somalia understand that we are still alive, they will come after us
and our life will be in serious danger as some of them are aware that
we have this kind of fund, Sir the original person who suppose to
clear the consignment on our behalf here in Malaysia as our
beneficiary he later betrayed us after my mother had made all efforts
to ship the consignment out of Africa [Somalia] to Malaysia.

He later called us that he is going to take 70% for the total fund,
that was when my mother stopped the diplomat not to deliver the
consignment to him anymore because he is a greedy man my mother now
sent me to Malaysia to monitor the consignment, which is lying down in
UN Malaysia then i declare as a refugee in UN Malaysia, That is the
reason why we are seeking for your almost assistance to stand as our
new beneficiary to clear the consignment for us as our trustee, Sir
please do render us your TRUST and keep this transaction confidential
for security reasons, because the fund is our life and our future Sir I
and my mother have agreed to offer you 20% for your assistance and 10%
for any expenses you will carry out during this transaction including
your phone calls, Sir we intend to invest wherever we finally reside
and i believe you could be of useful assistance in area of investment
Please kindly reach me So that I will forward you all the vita document
covering the consignment, Sir please do not under estimate our request
because it is very important we are planning to invest in any
profitable business in your country,

Please kindly send us your full information and please kindly let us know
what you think in your reply as i will be waiting to hear from
you again through my e-mail address; ibrahim.usman118@yahoo.com.hk
ibrahim.usman117@yahoo.com.hk

My Best Regard,

Ibrahim Mohammad Usman,



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