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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 EL-SALIF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ibelsalif9@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 04:07:24 -0000
Subject: Re:Trust.

FROM THE DESK OF: MR.IBRAHIM EL-SALIF
The Office Of The Foreign Remittance
And
Auditing Department, National Bank Of Dubai
Ajman Branch, UNITED ARAB
EMIRATES (U.A.E)
 
 
REMITTANCE OF US$100 MILLION
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE.
VERY URGENT ATTENTION
 
 
Please I want you to read this letter very carefully
and I must apologize for bringing this message into your mail box without any
formal introduction due to the urgency and confidential of this issue and I know
that this message will come to you as a surprise, please this is not a joke and
I will not like you to jeopardise with it.
 
My Urgent need for a foreign
partner that is what made me to contact you for this legal transaction. I am a
banker by profession from Dubai in Gulf Regional part United Arab Emirates and
currently holding the post of director Auditing and accounting unit of the bank.
I have the opportunity of transferring the left over Funds ($100 million USA
Dollars) of one of my bank clients who died Along with his entire family in a
plane crash on December 6 2003. please go through the website.
http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm
 
And I
don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury account as an unclaim fund. So
this is the reason why I contacted you so that our bank will release this money
to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to
keep this proposal as top secret, And the sharing of this fund we be 30% for you
then 60% for me and 10% for any expenses incurred during the transfer.
 
From
banking experience it will take up to seven ( 7) working days to conclude this
transfer. I sincerely need your help because this might be my first and last
opportunity of making big money. I also would want you to treat this affair as
both urgent, top secret and confidential. I want you to also know that this
transaction will involve some expenses which will be shared among both of us,
This payment will be effected through Swift Telegraphic Transfer.
 
Your Urgent
response is needed for immediate transfer of this fund into your receiving bank
account.Contact me via my private email: (ibelsalif@gmail.com) or
(ibisah01@gmail.com)
 
(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO
ME).
 
Your name in full..................................
Your
country.........................................
Your
age...............................................
Your cell
phone....................................
Your
occupation...................................
Your
sex...............................................
Your marital
status................................
Your bank
name....................................
 
Best Regards,
Mr.IBRAHIM
EL-SALIF,
NBD, Dubai.

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