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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Bama Ibrahim <bamaibrahim59@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2011 11:21:24 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Personal / Treat As Urgent.
Please my good friend,
I am the General Audit Manager, Accounts Department in our bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the sum of ($10.5million USD). This fund originally belonged to one of our bank Customer who died in the year 2003.
My request for foreigner to stand as next of kin in this business is because the fact that the customer is a foreigner. Based on the fact that this is a deal, I propose that 50% of this fund for you and 50% for me. I will give more detail of the transfer process as soon as you show your interest in this transaction.
Thanks,
Mr Bama Ibrahim
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