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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 SIBKHU <jsibkhu1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonsibkhu@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 11:49:25 +0200
Subject: INVESTMENT

Hello,

My name is Johnson Sibkhu and I work in a reputable bank. I have a
transaction that I believe will be of mutual benefits to both of us. (
US$14,500,000.00) Which was deposited by a client Mr. W Ali Bryant, He died
on a plain clash in Alaska on an Alaska Airlines flight number 261, I tried
to contact family/friend/colleagues and all attempts to trace his next of
kin were fruitless.



I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. W Ali did
not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including
his bank deposit paperwork in my Bank, my proposal is that I will like you
as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. A. Bryant, you will
provide immediately your full names and address, A bank account in any part
of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of
this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.



The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork
for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as a
prominent official of ADB guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the email
addresses above.



All I require from you is your trust and honest cooperation to enable us
see this transaction through. You will have to show commitments to the
cause as time will be of great importance in what we have to do as I hope
to read from you on my private email johnsonsibkhu@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,

Johnson Sibkhu

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