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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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Fraud email example:

From: IVONNE JUEZ De BAKI <js549901@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ampm001x2@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 15:26:10 +0100
Subject: Ref: Business Proposal/ Work With Me/ Ambassador IVONNE!

My dear friend,

*Ref: Business Proposal/ Work With Me!*

My name is Ivonne Juez Abuchacra de Baki.
I am the Ambassador of Ecuador to the United States.

You can read more about me from the below link
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivonne_Baki

I am soliciting your consent for a business partnership.
I apologize if you do not like emails from unknown persons. I have chosen
to select/contact you on this very confidential business deal. I want you
to partner with me in my bid to transfer to your account the sum of
$285,103,000.00(Two-eighty-five million, hundred and three thousand
dollars) as my last desire in office before I retire. This is a 100%
legitimate offer.

Apart from my Ambassadorial assignments, I am also the head of a "Special
Committee" for Budget and Planning of the Ecuador Petroleum Ministry. My
Committee is principally in charge of contract appraisals/approvals in
order of priorities as regards capital projects for the Ecuador Government.
The committee works with the present administration, and we are seeking the
support of Foreign Government/Investors, which the race has started. The
President gave a directive to all federal organizations/industries
including we the Ambassadors at the Embassies to settle all foreign
contractors being owed for contracts that they have executed and are yet to
be paid.

How the money was raised...
With my position as head of this special committee, I have successfully
secured and set aside $285,103,000.00(Two-eighty-five million, hundred and
three thousand dollars) in my organization escrow account that I intend to
use for humanitarian projects {helping hands} when I retire from active
government service as Ambassador. This fund was made by me from accrued
interests raised from over-inflated taxes paid by the Oil & Gas contractors
to me. It is still safe in my organization's escrow account waiting to be
paid out by my authorization. But if I suddenly retire now or get called
back from active government service and I am no longer the ambassador, I
will not be allowed access to this organization's escrow account and I will
lose ownership of the fund. I therefore want to use this opportunity now
and include your name and details as a contractor being owed by my special
committee for budget and planning waiting to be paid, so that the
$285,103,000.00(Two-eighty-five million, hundred and three thousand
dollars) can be released now from the organization escrow account and
transferred to you legitimately.

My painful past experience...
It may interest you to know that two years ago, a similar transaction was
carried out with one Patrice Miller, the C.E.O of Crane International
Trading Corporation at number 135, East 57th street, 28th floor, New York
10022, with Telephone (212)308-7788 and Telex Number 6731689. After the
agreement between both of us in which he was to take 25% of the money as
his share, the money was duly transferred into his Account. I was
disappointed on my arrival at our agreed meeting place in New York to be
reliably informed that Patrice Miller was no longer on that address while
his Telephone and contact details have been re-allocated to someone else.

After that bad experience, I need a reliable and trustworthy person to do
this business with me. If you can prove yourself to be trustworthy and
interested in this deal then I am prepared to do business with you. What I
want from you is the assurance that you will never let me down and you will
let me have my share when the fund has been transferred into your account.
Should you wish to partner with me, then below is the sharing formula:-

A.} 20-percent of the total sum will be your own share for your cooperation.
a.} 15-percent will go to the bank officials that will facilitate the
transfer of the fund to you.
c.} 10-percent is suggested to cover any expenses we may incur during the
process of the transfer.
d.} 55-percent will be transferred to the account number that I would
provide for you later as we progress in this claim.

If the sharing formula satisfies you then get back to me, so that you can
be advised on what next thing to do. All modalities of this transfer have
been worked out and once started, it will be completed within the next 14
banking days with the absolute support of all concerned under the
legitimate provisions and guidance of the law. This transaction is 100%
safe and risk free now and after the transfer of the fund to you.

Kindly treat this as urgent and very confidential.

Best regards,
Her Excellency,
Ambassador Ivonne Juez Abuchacra De Baki
Ecuador Ambassador to the United States
Embassy of Ecuador
2535 15th St NW,
Washington, DC 20009
United States of America
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