419 scam: MR BAMA IBRAHIM <bamaibrahim100@gmail.com> FROM MR BAMA IBRAHIM

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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 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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "observe utmost confidentiality" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: MR BAMA IBRAHIM <bamaibrahim100@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bamaibrahim100@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 3 Jan 2013 12:11:01 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: FROM MR BAMA IBRAHIM

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FROM MR BAMA IBRAHIM
OUAGOUDOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO,WEST
AFRICA.

Dear Friend,
RE: TRANSFER OF ($9,500.000.00 USD
NINE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS)

We want to transfer to
overseas the sum of ($9,500.000.00USD) Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa.

I would like to ask you to
quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to
provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately
to receive this money, even an empty a/c can server as far as it can receive
money.

I am Mr BAMA IBRAHIM, an accountant and personal
confidant to Dr.Ravindra F.Shah who died together with his wife Dr.Mrs. Manjula
Parikh-Shah in a plane crash on the 1st Oct. 2003 on their way to attend wedding
in Boston.

Dr. Ravindra F. Shah, is an American, a physician and
industrialist, he died without having any beneficiary to his assets including
his account here in Burkina Faso which he opened in the year 2000 as his
personal savings for the purpose of expansion and developement of his company
before his untimely death in 2003.

The amount involved is (USD
9,500,000.00) Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand USD, no other person knows
about this account.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this
money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid international
foreign passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c because the money is
in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c Mr.Ravindra F. Shah is a foreigner
too, and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.

I
need your full co-operationto make this work fine because the management is
ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of
this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I
am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the inheritance
procedures.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of
the total amount,60% will be for me.

You should observe utmost
CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I will require your
assistance to invest my share in your country.

I look forward to your
prompt response.please reply this message if you interested for more details of
this transaction.

Mr Bama Ibrahim.

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