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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: "Dr.Ali Ibrahim Mark" <aliibrahimdr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 12:56:44 +0000
Subject: Assalamualaikum

Assalamualaikum

Dear, freind

My name is Mr Ali Ibrahim,and i head a deposit Security Company.I hope i
can trust you in what am about to disclose to you.I discovered an over-due
and unclaimed consignment containing the sum of $15 Million Dollars and it
was deposited as family Treasury and valuables by the Late Libyan President
Muammar Gaddafi who was confirmed killed recently.

After careful investigations i found out that there is no next of kin on
his files and with my position in the company i am the only one aware of
this situation and that the consignment contains money.Now what i want you
to do is to receive the consignment as the beneficiary and i will provide
all necessary documents to legitimize the claim in your name.

I will arrange with a courier company that will deliver the consignment to
you as a left over luggage by a D.F.I.P (Diplomatic Free Inspection
Procedure) means of shipment,in which they will not have to know the
contents of the consignment because the will be delivering it as a
non-inspection consignment. or i can send you the funds by bank to bank
wire transfer in which you will be receiving the funds as the beneficiary.

I am willing to share with you at the ratio of 60/40 and i will want you to
send my own share to an account abroad which i will be providing to you.
Then you will be contacted by the diplomatic agent
assigned to make the delivery to you when he arrives in your country with
the consignment, all you have to do is to pay for the clearing charges over
there and receive the consignment.And if you prefer to receive the funds by
bank to bank wire transfer,you will have to handle all the transfer
requirements until it hits your account.

Get back to me to if you are in agreement to all i have said, and reconfirm
to me your Telephone Number, Full Name, Home, Address, Age, Occupation, so
i can effect the change of ownership of the consignment into your name and
i will send you a copy of the change of ownership, which you will be using
to claim the consignment when it arrives at your location as the rightful
legal recipient.

For security reasons you have to keep this as a secret until you receive
the funds safely.Get back to me for more details. Bye for now and hope to
hear from you soon again.

Mr Ali Ibrahim,
Deposit Department Manager,
Global Security Company Ltd.
Burkina Faso

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