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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "30% for you " (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ibelsalif@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info@nbd.org
Reply-To: ibelsalif@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 13:08:57 +0300
Subject: OFFICIAL ASSIGNMENT

FROM THE DESK OF: MR.IBRAHIM EL-SALIF
The Office Of The Foreign Remittance And
Auditing Department, National Bank Of Dubai
Ajman Branch, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (U.A.E)

REMITTANCE OF US$100 MILLION
CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE. VERY URGENT ATTENTION

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must apologize for bringing this message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the urgency and confidential of this issue and I know that this message will come to you as a surprise, please this is not a joke and I will not like you to jeopardise with it.

My Urgent need for a foreign partner that is what made me to contact you for this legal transaction. I am a banker by profession from Dubai in Gulf Regional part United Arab Emirates and currently holding the post of director Auditing and accounting unit of the bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the left over Funds ($100 million USA Dollars) of one of my bank clients who died Along with his entire family in a plane crash on December 6 2003. please go through the website. http://newswww.bbc.net.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/oxfordshire/4537663.stm

And I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasury account as an unclaim fund. So this is the reason why I contacted you so that our bank will release this money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer. Please I would like you to keep this proposal as top secret. And the sharing of this fund we be 30% for you then 60% for me and 10% for any expenses incurred during the transfer.

>From banking experience it will take up to seven ( 7) working days to conclude this transfer. I sincerely need your help because this might be my first and last opportunity of making big money. I also would want you to treat this affair as both urgent, top secret and confidential. I want you to also know that this transaction will involve some expenses which will be shared among both of us. This payment will be effected through Swift Telegraphic Transfer.

Your Urgent response is needed for immediate transfer of this fund in to your receiving bank account.Contact me via my private email(ibelsalif@gmail.com)

(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME).

Your name in full..................................
Your country.........................................
Your age...............................................
Your cell phone....................................
Your occupation...................................
Your sex...............................................
Your marital status................................
Your bank name....................................

Best Regards,
Mr.IBRAHIM EL-SALIF,
NBD, Dubai.

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