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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
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.
- ibrik1111@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "hou" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <akign1111@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 19:32:39 -0800
Subject: VERY GOOD

FROM:Mrs.IBEKRIA WAYNE
22, Rua da St.Ricardo, São Tomé
SAO TOME ISLAND,SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN.

Dear Partner,

Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics .This note might seem strange or probably untrue

considering the amount of junk mails we receive daily, but i believe this is still the most genuine way of contacting a true

character like you.

Before my husband died, he made me to understand that he deposited the sum of $52 million (Fifty-Two Million U.S. Dollars)

with a security company. He told me to look for a person or company in overseas and not from our place to assist and claim

this fund for investment overseas especially in your country.If you can claim the funds,you will be entitled to receive some

percentage of the fund as your own share.

We are interested to invest in your place and will need your expert knowledge for this investment in your place.

Please tell me in confidence, can you handle it? Can you invest this huge amount of money successfully on behalf of my

family? Please advise most urgently.

Our assuarnce is that this is real and not a joke and there is no risk involve in it.

We wait for your urgent response as to enable us detail you more.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.IBEKRIA WAYNE

PRIVATE EMAIL:ibrik1111@gmail.com

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