419 scam: "Jibril J. Aku" <ministerngo@yahoo.com.hr> hi

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Jibril J. Aku" <ministerngo@yahoo.com.hr>
Reply-To: "Jibril J. Aku" <ecobank.mdjibriljaku@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2014 21:24:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: hi

Â Hi,
I have carefully gone through your profile and understand that you can perfectly manage my portfolio investment.
I have genuine and clean; $380,000,000.00 USD Exchange rate;Â£242,011,242.02 GBP in one of the London banks and I want to entrust the fund on you to invest to the benefits of both of us, so therefore if you agree without doubt or spirit of cheat reply and I will perfectly guide you and do the necessary and move the fund to you ASAP.
NOTE: Â Please reply immediately if you are interested to do the business but if you are not interested delete this message and do not reply.
Feel free to ask questions, the business is 100% risk free.
Yours faithfullyJibril J. Â AkuBank managing directorE-mail: JibrilJAku@ecointerbanking.com

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