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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: Mr ibrahim <buriibrahim@gmail.com>
Reply-To: malvanibrahim@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2014 22:15:47 +0200
Subject: Thanks for your urgent email reply.

Hello Dear,
Thanks for your urgent email reply.
I am 37years old am married with 3lovely kids. First I must solicit your
confidence in this transaction.This is by virtue of its nature as being
utterly confidential and top secret.With warm heart I offer my friendship,
and my greetings,and I hope this letter meets you in good time.It will be
surprising for you to receive this proposal from me (BELOW BRACKET AT THE
FIRST TIME) since you do not know me personally.However, I am sincerely
seeking your confidence in this transaction,which I propose with my free
mind and as a person of integrity.

(Hello,Good day and how are you today? I have a business for you to handle
for me in your country contact me for more details thanks. This is my
direct email contacts: Email:malvanibrahim@gmail.com Regards, Mr.Ibrahim
M.)

(A) It is practically impossible for me to carry out this business
alone.(B) You live in a foreign land far away from mine.This should
normally not be a requirement, but when you understand the transaction then
you will understand why it is important that you live far away from me.i am
a banker, i work with one of the biggest bank in my country in a credit
card department, I really need you full assistance for a bigger investment
and also to help me receive the hug amount of the money in your country for
the investment, This opportunity that comes to me now is by the grace of
God and i will not let it go because i want to build up a strong future
for my kids and also have a soiled life investment life for me and the for
the future of my family and i believe by the grace of God who gives me the
knowledge to come across you will give me all the power and direction to
see it to the end as i have started my communication with you now...

Again you will never regret any of this in your life because it takes
strong risk believe to trust someone you have never meet before in your
life, but i believe this is the begging of my dreams which i dreamed last
7months when my uncle died and i believe anything that happened in this
life have reason. I have a re-profiling amount in an excess of US$5.7
Million Dollars and which is too much for a man of modest means like myself
to handle in my country owned by my late uncle which i will give you more
details about my late uncle in my next email i will send to you, that is
why i seek your partnership in accommodating for me and for the investment
in your country as i said before is the my choice of country to invest,
when i was searching for a good and kind person who will help me for this,
my sprite directed me to your email contact immediately i come across your
email contact because the newest technology this days has brought everyone
around the world in a fastest way of communication which is internet. You
will be rewarded with 15% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be
my partner on this?

As a banker, i have a better way to move this money to your country step by
step without any transfer chargers or for you to spend any one cent in the
name of chargers of the transfer or to pay any money to any banks even in
our own bank, this money will be moved to your country step by step,
without any problem which i will explain to you in my next email once you
agreed to work with me, again this money belong to my uncle but i will
explain to you more about once you agree to help me to secure and receive
the money in your country for the investment, which you will be in a
position of it too. Finally this is my promise to you, you will not be in
any position to pay any money in the cost of this business to any bank for
anything, because i am a banker so i know the best way to move money around
the world without any money been charge by the bank and also for any
documentation that will be needed, all the necessary preparation will be
made by me and all the documents will be provided by me, all i need from
you is your honesty and fully assistant that is all. This is a clean
business but i wise to stop hear now until i receive your confirmation
email and promise me to be help me to accomplish my dreams and build up a
soiled wall in your country and to protect me and my family and also
promise to keep this as a top secret.And i will explain to you why the
money cannot be used here because my late uncle opened the account as his
foreigner business partner business account.

I will send your my international passport with others of my documentation
in my next email. Please i will be more than happy to for you to ask me
questions about this and be free to say your mind because is very important
in a new relationship like this,In this world of life money did not matters
but what matters in a business like this is trust and honesty.But the good
part of it is that you have nothing to be worried about because you are not
going to spend any of your money but only to be in the position to
accommodating for the investment in your country and to receive the money
too. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and i from any breach of the law.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr Ibrahim M Anduru.

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