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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: I Just trusted you <mrkaviningram1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahm_ibram@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 17:07:57 +0430
Subject: Attention

Attention


It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend
to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before
but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life.
There is this huge amount (€9.500,000,00) Million Euros which my late
Fatherr kept with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in Lome Togo before his
Death.

Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere
safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want
you to help me claim and retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund
Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for
investment purposes on these areas:

1). Telecommunication
2). The Transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:
1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund .
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a resident permit in your country
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you
30% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response.

Contact me here ahm_ibram@yahoo.fr

Yours Sincerely,
Mr Ahmed Ibrahim

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