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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: Daniel Ibori <sa.nl26@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ibdaniel620@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:58:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: CAN YOU ASSIST ME FOR INVESTMENT IN YOUR COUNTRY?






Sir,

 

I am Daniel Ibori, the son of James Ibori, the Ex-Governor
of Delta State
in Nigeria,
which is one of the Crude Oil richest States in Federal Republic of Nigeria.

 

Note: My reason of investing this money outside my country
is because of the problem of my Dad with the present Government, President
GoodLuck E. Jonathan, which started after the death of our Former President Umaro
Musa Yara Dua, who my dad work with, after his death the present Government in
Nigeria coiled with the British Government to jail my father 13years
imprisonment in UK for money laundering and embezzlement of State fund, this is
just to denied him his political position. Now the Nigeria
and UK
government seize all the entire properties of my dad, so I want to use the last
of our money, which the government have not discover, to establish and build a
better future for my family in your Country. I have the sum of £14.3m for this
investment. If you are interested to assist, call or SMS me at +2348141127900
and let me know the kind of business we will go into. Secondly, I need home for
me and my family

 

For more information about the problem of my family, go to
the BBC NEWS LINK:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-17739388


 

 

Upon your respond, I will provide you the contact of our
lawyer, who will process the business for you receive the money and secure a home
before the arrival of me and my family.

 

Regards

 

Daniel

Email: ibdaniel620@gmail.com


 


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