419 scam: "Joshua Ibro" <ibro_joshua@yahoo.fr> CONTACT JOHN URGENT.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 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.
- makelelejohn@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Joshua Ibro" <ibro_joshua@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: makelelejohn@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2011 12:51:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT JOHN URGENT.

Good day my good friend,

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those fund transferred
under the help of my new partner from Israel. Presently I'm in Israel
for investment projects with my own share of the fund. meanwhile, I didn't
forget your past efforts and all the attempts you made to assist me
despite that it failed us some how.

Now, I want you to contact my secretary for your bank draft which I
kept for your compensation for your past effort to assist me, his name is
John Makelele in Benin Republic email address: makelelejohn@yahoo.fr ask him
to send you the bank draft valued $1.4 M USD which I kept for your
compensation for all your past efforts and attempts you made to assist me
in the past transfer.

I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in
touched with my secretary John Makelele and instruct him where to send the
draft to you, do tell me know once you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the suffering at that time.I also instruct him to inform my
bank to wire the money directly to your bank account if you like to
receive the us$1.4 million by wire transfer.

Regards,

Joshua Ibro.

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