419 scam: "Mr.Ibrahim Idris" <abubakersuleiman539@gmail.com> Greetings to you,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million dollars" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "contract award committee" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Ibrahim Idris" <abubakersuleiman539@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrmribrahimidris0220@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 14:47:09 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you,

Dear Friend,

With due respect to your personality and much sincerity of this
purpose, I make this contact with you believing that you can be of
great assistance to me. My name is Mr. Idris Ibrahim, from Burkina
Faso, I'm the Chairman of FOREIGN PAYMENTS CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE
and also Director of Foreign Remittance Department of African
Development Bank (ADB) Burkina Faso, Please see this as a confidential
message and do not reveal it to another person because itâ€™s a top
secret.

It is with trust that I wish to contact you on this matter concerning
the transfer of US$17.4 Million Dollars. This money came out from
Contract that was awarded to a foreign company for Maintenance of OIL
REFINERY PLANT in Burkina Faso years back. Contract
No;SONABHY/EPR/104/PED/2004, The contract was over-invoiced by me to
the tune of US$17.4 million Only, and this fund is in our bank here in
Burkina Faso and that is why I contacted you to seek for your
assistance in helping me to claim the fund from our bank as the
beneficiary of the contract sum as the intermediary company so they'll
transfer the funds to your bank account,

Yours brother
Idris

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