419 scam: IBRAHIM BIN <ibrahimbin11y@msn.com> Congratulations

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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:
- "transfer into your account" (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)
- "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
- bin.ibrahimbin@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: IBRAHIM BIN <ibrahimbin11y@msn.com>
Reply-To: <bin.ibrahimbin@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2011 09:21:53 +0000
Subject: Congratulations

Good day,

With regard and respect, I crave your indulgence, knowing that this will be a surprise to you. I am BARR.IBRAHIM BIN , accredited legal representative to

late Mr. Adam Nelson, who was referred to as my client here. He died as a result of a heart related illness in the Month of November 2004.I have contacted

you to assist in the transferring of the funds left behind by my late client Mr.Adam Nelson, before it will be declared unserviceable and confiscated by the

custodian bank, and the deposit valued (US$16,525,000.00) Sixteen Million Five Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand United States Dollars. This bank has issued

me a notice to contact the family relative or have the account confiscated by the Government.

My proposition to you is to seek your humble consent in presenting you as the family relative and beneficiary to my late client's Estates funds,so the

proceeds of this account can be remitted into your account so we can both share the funding on a mutually agreed percentage 35% for you and 65% for me. All

legal documentations to back up the transfer to you will be acquired by me. All I require is your absolute honesty, cooperation and total adherence to my

instructions, to enable me get funds transfer into your account smoothly That is inheritance claim and it is not against the law, therefore It will

be executed under a legitimate arrangement, which will protect you from any infraction of the law local and international by providing the covering documents

from the origin of the fund to certify the legality of the fund. If this proposition offends your moral ethics, do accept my sincere apology. On the

contrary, if it pleases you, then contact me with urgency and give me your telephone number for discussion and immediately proceed.

I can be reached on(bin.ibrahimbin@gmail.com)for more information

I shall await your response.

Best regards,

BARR. IBRAHIM BIN .

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