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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- 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.
- exgovernorjamesibori8@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "james.ibori1@libero.it" <james.ibori1@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:30:55 +0100 (CET)
Subject: I look forward to hearing from you.
Dear Sir,
I know this is not the right way of contacting some you never met or
know before.
I want you to consider my condition for I know you will be able
capable of handling this transaction of risk free to a limelight, I am
ready to discuss reason amount with you as an offer.
My name is James Onanefe Ibori I was ex-governor of the oil rich Delta
State of Nigeria,I am in jail due to political propaganda's as all
eyes was on me at my tenure my enemies given me an allegation of stealing
millions of dollars from my state I governed .
please I want you to assist me quickly on this transaction as I
need your sincerity honest and trust to get this funds transfer to
your nominated account where you are in the universe, you know Asia is
free of funds transfer to any destination in the world.
I have a deposit of $35.000.000.00 United States Dollars with Mandiri
Bank of Indonesia which I want to pass the ownership to you to enable
you claim the said amount and invest it in a coal company as that was
my target before I was arrested in 2010 in Dubai as I was moving round
in search of a good relax country to invest on or you may chose any other
investment of your choice to enable you take care of my family and myself
till the jail terms will be over before i can met you face to face in your
country.
Please I can no longer trust my formal associate or business partner
in Africa as they where the people whom set me up and want to the Nigeria
government reap me and my family empty as the present administration
is looking for all nuke and creamy to get me down of all asset.
Please you can verify my claim at the http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-
17739388
and read about me.
I have attached the deposit slip for your perusal once I hear from you
I will forward the foreign remittance the person of Ernest Denis contact in
Indonesia Jakarta
for urgent claim of the said funds. further email come through
exgovernorjamesibori8@gmail.com
because of attachments.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Rgds,
James Ibori.
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