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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: "PROPOSAL INVESTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jinarokibett@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 18:54:28 +0800
Subject: EMAIL PROPOSAL

MY NAME IS JINARO KIBET (MR) DIRECTOR OF FOREIGN EXCHANGE AND TRADE FINANCE OF PRIME BANK LIMITED KENYA, NAIROBI BRANCH.



MY EMAIL PROPOSAL IS ABOUT AN INVESTMENT RELATING TO MY LATE CLIENT MR. UMAR ABDOLLAH MAMOUD, A SYRIAN WHO BOUGHT CAPITAL SHARES OF US$200 MILLION IN OUR BANK (PRIME BANK LIMITED) AND THIS I HELP MANAGE OVER THE YEARS IN THE CAPITAL MARKETS ENVIRONMENT.


PRIOR TO HIS UNTIMELY DEATH IN THE ON GOING CIVIL WAR IN SYRIA HE HAD EARLIER INSTRUCTED ME TO LIQUIDATE THE CAPITAL SHARES INVESTMENT SO AS TO ENABLE HIM PURSUE OTHER INVESTMENT REQUIRING CASH PAYMENTS IN SYRIA.


MY PROPOSAL IS THAT I WANT TO USE YOUR DETAIL AS RECEIVER SINCE THE ORIGINAL TITLE-HOLDER DIED LIVING NO INSTRUCTION IN OUR BANK RECORD, FOR YOUR INFORMATION WE WILL SHARE IT AT THE RATIO OF 50% FOR EACH OF US.



TO INITIATE PROCESS, I WANT YOU TO EMAIL ME YOUR FOLLOWING INFORMATION; FULL NAME AND HOME ADDRESS, TELEPHONE NUMBER SO I CAN UPDATE OUR BANK RECORDS AND MY ATTORNEY WILL PLACE YOU AS THE BENEFACTOR TO DECEASED, I WILL USE MY POSITION TO INFLUENCE SALES OF THE SHARES TO THE BANK ACCOUNT THAT WILL BE PROVIDED BY YOU AS WE ARE GOING TO ADOPT AN ONLINE LEGALIZED METHOD.


ALL I NEED IS YOUR OPTIMISTIC SUPPORT AND CONSENT AND I WILL SIGN THE GUARANTOR FORMS IN THE BANK TO RATIFY LEGITIMACY OF YOUR CLAIM.I WILL DISCUSS FURTHER WITH YOU ON THE FUNDS TRANSFER PROCEDURE AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU.


SINCERELY,

MR. JINARO KIBET

Phone:+254 20 445 1247

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