419 scam: Ibrahim Kpotum Idris <info@inss.gv.ao> STOP ALL ILLEGITIMATE TRANSACTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Ibrahim Kpotum Idris <info@inss.gv.ao>
Reply-To: <inspectoribrahim.idris212@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 09:19:37 +0200
Subject: STOP ALL ILLEGITIMATE TRANSACTIONS IMMEDIATELY.

Nigerian Police
Force Headquarters
Shehu Shagari Way
P.M.B 153 Abuja-Nigeria

Motto: Protect with honor, serve with pride

Good day,

Investigation revealed that you have spent a lot of your hard earned money just to accomplish the successful transfer of your fund to your bank account by obtaining transfer documents as demanded by scammers, costing you a lot of money but all to no benefit, in the process of our investigation, we discovered that the reason why you have not received your fund is because you have been communicating with scammers who claimed to be somebody else just to steal your hard earned money from you.

We are very sorry for the inconvenience or lost these people might have caused you in any way and we want to use these opportunity to assure you that your fund will be released to you along with all the money you lost to those scammers. I must advice you at this point in time that you should have reported the issue to the Nigerian Police before you started sending money to scammers but not to worry, the people committing this crimes are under investigation and I promise you that they will be arrested and brought to justice for given this country a bad image and influence all over the world. Meanwhile your long overdue fund is still available for payment. As soon as we verify that all information and report about you been scammed is true, I will send you a protocol to contact the real approved paying bank for immediate transfer of your fund. Note that your real total sum of US*$10 million dollars will be released to you as soon as we make our verification that you are who you say you are and that the informat

Once again, we apologize on behalf of the president and the good people of Nigeria for any delay and lost those scammers have coursed you and we promise you that it will not happen again because we are here to protect you and make sure your fund is successfully transferred to you. Please revert back with your direct phone number for more discussion and directives.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Remain blessed.

Ibrahim Kpotum Idris
Inspector General of Police.

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