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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: Fawaz Ibrahim <fawazibrahim@voila.fr>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2010 09:42:15 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Urgent & Important,




FAWAZ IBRAHIM,

FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION,

OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA
FASO.

 

DEAR
PARTNER,

 

(ATTATCH
IMPORTANCE)      



PLEASE, I WISH YOU GIVE MY PROPOSAL DUE CONSIDERATION AND ATTACH ADEQUATE
IMPORTANCE, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU CAN HANDLE A CLASSIFIED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION
THAT INVOLVES VERY HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY. I WOULD GIVE YOU DETAILS; I AM
CONTACTING YOU THROUGH THIS MEANS AS I WANT THE TRANSACTION TO BE DONE WITHIN
THE SHORTEST POSSIBLE TIME.

 

THIS
TRANSACTION WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT, WHICH WILL PROTECT
THE FUND AND YOURSELF FROM ANY INFRACTION OF THE LAW AND ALL DOCUMENTATION THAT
COVERS THIS FUND WOULD BE ISSUED AND ALL I NEEDS IS YOUR  ABSOLUTE
HONESTY, COOPERATION AND  A TOTAL  ADHERENCE TO MY ADVICE TO ENABLE US TRANSFER
THIS FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT NOMINATED; 
ADEQUATELY.

 

I HAVE THIS
BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED
IS ($13,700:000:00 THIRTEEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS), WHICH
I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL
BENEFIT AND YOURS TOO AND TO ALSO TAKE MY WIFE ABROAD FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER
DAMAGE.

 

THIS MONEY
WAS OWNED BY A MAN CALLED JIN SUN, A BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN WEST-AFRICAN
REGIONS; HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR OVER FOUR YEARS AND SINCE AFTER HIS DEMISE; NO
CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED ON HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE.  I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE
COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO
THE FUND. DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER AND A BUSINESS ASSOCIATE
TO THE LATE MR. JIN SUN AND HIS PROPERTIES. I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU ALL
MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE
FUND. I SHALL ALSO BE YOUR GUIDANCE AND ADVICE YOU THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF
THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR NOMINATED
BANK ACCOUNT, ACCORDINGLY.

 

 AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, WE SHALL ARRANGE AND
AGREE ON PERCENTAGE (%), OF THE FUND FOR OURSELVES.

 

I WISH THIS
TRANSACTION INTEREST YOU, REPLY TO ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, SO THAT I WOULD
FORWARD TO YOU THE INDEPT DETAILS CONCERNING THIS TRANSACTION AND ALSO THE
STEPS TO TAKE FOR A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. I AM
SOLIDLY BEHIND YOU AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION.

  

PLEASE,
RESPOND THROUGH THIS EMAIL ID: {fawazibrahim@voila.fr}

 

MY BEST
REGARDS,

 

FAWAZ
IBRAHIM

 

 

 

 

 

 


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