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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: johnson <mr.jibe@libero.it>
Reply-To: joibe02@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 14:35:16 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: My Dear Friend and a partner-to- be,

My Dear Friend and a partner-to- be,

My name is Mr.Johnson Ibeh. I am a banker here in Ghana. I got your contact
from the online data base. I need your help to transfer the sum of
US$10,500,000.00 into your account as my foreign investment partner. The money
is part of the profits made by our bank last year (i.e. 2013) in the branch
where I am the manager. I have already submitted annual report for last year to
my bank head office in Accra - Ghana, and they did not notice the excess
profits. I deposited the US$10,500,000.00 in an escrow account without a
beneficiary (Anonymous), to avoid any trace. I cannot be directly connected to
this fund because I'm still working with the bank. So, I need your help to
transfer this money to your country for you and I to share. I have the desire
to invest my own share of the money in any good business venture over there in
your Country. I wish to point out 10% of this money to be shared among the
charity organization, the remaining 90%, you have 40% of this money as my
foreign partner and 50% would be for me. There is no risk involved because it
will be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as my foreign
partner and I will present you as the owner of the money to enable you provide
a foreign bank account where the money will be transferred into. The intended
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
both of us from any breach of the law.

However, if this business proposal offends your moral ethics, do accept my
sincere apology. If on the contrary you wish to achieve this goal with me,
please kindly get back to me with your interest for further clarifications.
Forward your reply to this Email address ( joibe03@gmail.com)
for further details.

Thanking you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.

Sincerely,

Mr Johnson Ibeh

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