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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: Fawaz Ibrahim <fawazibrahim@voila.fr>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2010 03:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Urgent & Important,


FAWAZ IBRAHIM,

FINANCIAL INSTITUTION,

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO.

 

DEAR PARTNER,

 

(ATTATCH
IMPORTANCE)      



PLEASE, I WISH YOU GIVE MY PROPOSAL DUE CONSIDERATION AND ATTACH ADEQUATE
IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE A CLASSIFIED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION
THAT INVOLVES VERY HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. I WOULD GIVE YOU DETAILS; I AM
CONTACTING YOU THROUGH THIS MEANS AS I WANT THE TRANSACTION TO BE DONE WITHIN
THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.

 

THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE EXECUTED
UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT, WHICH WILL PROTECT THE FUND AND YOURSELF FROM
ANY INFRACTION OF THE LAW AND ALL DOCUMENTATION THAT COVERS THIS FUND WOULD BE
ISSUED AND ALL I NEEDS IS YOUR  ABSOLUTE HONESTY, COOPERATION AND  A TOTAL ADHERENCE TO MY ADVICE TO
ENABLE US TRANSFER THIS FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT NOMINATED;  ADEQUATELY.

 

I HAVE THIS BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE
BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS ($13,700:000:00
THIRTEEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS), WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER
OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND YOURS
TOO AND TO ALSO TAKE MY WIFE ABROAD FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER DAMAGE.

 

THIS MONEY WAS OWNED BY A MAN CALLED
JIN SUN, A BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN WEST-AFRICAN REGIONS; HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR
OVER FOUR YEARS AND SINCE AFTER HIS DEMISE; NO CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED ON HIS
BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE.  I
WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CANNOT BE
TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND. DETAILS SHALL BE THAT
YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER AND A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE TO THE LATE MR. JIN SUN AND HIS
PROPERTIES. I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH
WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL ALSO BE YOUR
GUIDANCE AND ADVICE YOU THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO
ENSURE A SWIFT TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT,
ACCORDINGLY.

 

 AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, WE SHALL
ARRANGE AND AGREE ON PERCENTAGE (%), OF THE FUND FOR OURSELVES.

 

I WISH THIS TRANSACTION INTEREST
YOU, REPLY TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT I WOULD FORWARD TO YOU THE INDEPT
DETAILS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION AND ALSO THE STEPS TO TAKE FOR A SMOOTH
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. I AM SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU AND THE
SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION.

 

PLEASE, RESPOND THROUGH THIS EMAIL
ID: {fawazibrahim@voila.fr}

 

MY BEST REGARDS,

 

FAWAZ IBRAHIM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



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