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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: <ibelsalif@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 20:33:13 +0200
Subject: Respond............110.45.244.107

 
    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 in
    to your receiving bank account.Contact me via my private
    email(ibelsalif9@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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