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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: Miss Aish Ibrahim <sindi.kuku2218@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aishibrahim20212@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Sep 2021 22:09:30 +0200
Subject: Dear friend,

Dear friend,

How are you doing today? Hope you haven't forgotten me, i am Miss Aish
Ibrahim, who has contacted you sometime ago to assist me in order to secure
the release of a deceased customer's fund into your bank account. Though,
you weren't able to assist me up to the conclusion stage in that
transaction by then, i am very much happy to inform you about my success in
getting the fund transferred under the assistance, and co-operation of a
new partner from Paraguay.

Presently, i am in Paraguay for investment projects with my share of the
total sum. Meanwhile, i didn't forget your past efforts, and attempts to
assist me on the transferring of the fund, and i make sure that you aren't
left behind or out from the benefits of the transaction. Henceforth; i have
kept aside for you the total sum of: $675,000 (Six hundred, and
seventy-five thousand, Usa-dollars) in the 'ATM CARD'.My new partner, and i
have agreed to compensate you with that above said amount for all your past
efforts, and attempts to assist me in that past successful matters.

I have appreciated your kind efforts at that time very much, so feel very
free to contact the bank's secretary through his below email address, and
the name of the secretary of the (BOA) is: MR. IDRIS MUSA. And, make sure
that you instructed him on how to send the 'ATM CARD' to you, and please do
let me know immediately you have received the 'ATM CARD' so that we can
share the joy together after all the stress at those past times ago.

At the moment, i am very busy over here in Paraguay because of the
investment projects of which my partner, and i were having at hands
presently, i might not be able to check my emails for the next two weeks or
more, but all the same, contact him right now for your 'ATM CARD'. Finally,
remember that i have left an instruction to the secretary of the (BOA): MR.
IDRIS MUSA, that immediately you have contacted him for your 'ATM CARD',
that he shouldn't delay to give or send your 'ATM CARD' to you as soonest
as possible in order to avoid misplacement.

Therefore, as soonest as you contact him for the said 'ATM CARD' to be sent
to you, he will surely send the 'ATM CARD' to you.Below is the contact of
the secretary of the (BOA) Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso over there in West
Africa.

Contact this below person immediately for your 'ATM CARD':-

MR.IDRIS MUSA.
Secretary of the (BOA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Email Address: (mridrismusa3030@outlook.fr)

Your's good friend,
Miss Aish Ibrahim.

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