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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: Ibrahim Sadek <ibrahimsadek212@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ibrahimsadek33@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 2019 12:21:00 +0300
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP



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Date: 7/4/2019

Attn: The President /Managing Director

Dear Sir,

REQUEST FOR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP

The above subject matter refers;

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any
manner compel you to honour against your

will. I am Ibrahim Sadek a former executive director with Arab Tunisian
Bank here; I retired 1 year 7 months ago

after putting in 28 years of meticulous civil service. During my few
years
with Arab Tunisian Bank however, I was

the personal account officer and one of the financial advisers to Zine
Al-Abidine Ben Ali the past Tunisian

President in self exile at Saudi Arabia. During his trying period, he
instructed me to move some of his investment

in my care which consists of US$270 Million and 367KG of gold out of the
Gulf States for safe keeping; and that I

successfully did by moving US$200 Million to Madrid Spain, US$70 to
Italy
and the 367KG of gold to Accra Ghana as

an anonymous deposits, so that the funds will in no way be traced to
him.
He has instructed me to find an investor

who would stand as the anonymous depositor of the funds and gold; and
claim
it fo
r further investment.

Consequent upon the above, my proposal is that I would like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the anonymous

depositor of this fund and gold that I have successfully moved out of
Tunisia and provide an account overseas where

this said fund will be transferred into. It is a careful network and my
voluntary retirement from the Arab Tunisian

Bank is to ensure a hitch-free operation as all modalities for you to
stand
as beneficiary and owner of the

deposits has been perfected by me. Mr. Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali will be
offering you 15% of the total investment if

you can be the investor and claim this deposits in Spain, Italy and
Ghana
as the anonymous depositor.

Now my questions are: -

1. Can you handle this transaction?
2. Can I give you this trust?

Consider this and get back to me so that I can give you more details
regarding this transaction.

Finally, it is my humble request that the information as contained
herein
be accorded the necessary attention,

urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I expect your urgent response if you can and in position of handling
this
project.

Cordially,

______________
Ibrahim Sadek

Email: ibrahimsadek33@hotmail.com

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