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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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Fraud email example:

From: Fatima Ibrahim <f.ibrahim2@aol.fr>
Date: Sun, 16 Aug 2015 17:47:20 -0400
Subject: Good day


Greetings My Dear Friend.

Brief introduction, I am widow from Syria, married to late Engr.Alahaji Omer Ibrahim who worked with an oil company in Abidjan Ivory Coast. He retired in the year 2002. He died in the year 2011 after an attack by armed robbery here in Africa. I and my late husband have been in Africa for so many years before his death.

I have decided to leave Africa now back to our country Syria due to sham and insecurity here because this marriage made me change my family religion from Christianity to Muslim because of this my family here is Africa rejected me and this has effected me so much since the death of my beloved husband, We are presently in a nearby country from Abidjan Ivory Coast to Burkina Faso for security reason and for the safety of the fund here in BF.

I and my son planed to move to Syria but the war there now is a very big problem for us ,so we have decided to relocate to your country with the amount my late husband deposited with a security company called CORNERSTONE SECURITY/FINANCE COMPANY here in Burkina faso, if you can help and accept us in your country as your guest we will be grate full , as we don’t have any relation there in your country we need your assistance , on this , you have to receive this funds which the SECURITY COMPANY here has agreed to transfer out from my late husband account to your local account over there in your country

You have to lead us in the area which we have to invest these funds so that it will benefit to both of us, that is exactly what we need from you now, as we don’t have idea of investment. if you are honest and capable to handle this funds, for us we have to ask the security company to contact you as our partner that will provide an account for the release of this funds from the security company here.The fund is 7.2Million Euro deposited in the Cornerstone Security/Finance Company BF.

We have to give you more details after your reply on this. Get back to me for discussion, I attached my photo for you to know whom you are dealling with.

Here is my private email.. mrsfatimaibrahim02@gmail.com

I am waiting to hear from you
Mrs Fatima Ibrahim

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