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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. Michael Ibe"
Reply-To: <barrjeffrykennedy@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 14:48:34 +0330
Subject: HELLO MY FRIEND


>From Michael Ibe =

Dear Good friend =

How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?, You may not=
understand why this mail came to you.But if you do not remember me or my c=
olleague, you might have received an email from us in the past regarding a =
million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded with you. I am us=
ing this opportunity to inform you that this million-dollar business has be=
en concluded with the assistance of another partner from United Kingdom (Lo=
ndon) who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. I thank you for=
your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due=
to one reason or the other best known to you. =

But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out=
of the Africa to my new partner's account in UK who assisted me in this gr=
eat venture but now I am in China for business mission, Due to your effort =
then, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness shown during the course of th=
e transaction.I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with th=
e sum of $500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand united State Dollars Only) =

My dear friend I will like you to contact my secretary Barr. Jeffrey Kenn=
edy, on his direct email address at: (barrjeffrykennedy@hotmail.com) for th=
e collection of your bank draft.I authorized him to release the Bank Draft =
to you whenever you contact him regarding it. At the moment, I'm very busy =
here in China because of the investment projects, which I and my new partne=
r are having at hand.Please I will like you to accept this token with good =
faith as this is from the bottom of my heart,Also comply with Barr. Jeffrey=
Kennedy's directives so that he will send the draft to you without any del=
ay. =

CONTACT: Jeffrey Kennedy Email: barrjeffrykennedy@hotmail.com =

Therefore, you should contact him and send him your telephone number/your =
current mailing address,{Home or Office} where you want him to send the dra=
ft to you. =

Thanks and God bless you and your family. =

Mr. Michael Ibe.

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