419 scam: "Miss. Amina Ibrahim" <aminahibrahim11222@gmail.com> PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- aminahibrahim11222@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Miss. Amina Ibrahim" <aminahibrahim11222@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:35:46 +0000
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE.

My Dear Friend,

Please I want you to read this letter very carefully and I must
apologize for barging this

message into your mail box without any formal introduction due to the
urgency and confidential

of this issue.I know that this message will come to you as a surprise,
Please this is not a joke and

I did not want you to joke with it.

My Name is Miss Amina Ibrahim Musa from Libya, I am 23 years old, I
am in St.Christopher's

Parish for refugee in Burkina Faso under United Nations High
commission for Refugee.

I lost my parents through the Libya war last time, right now am in
Burkina Faso where my late

father deposited fund, please save my life I am in danger need your
help in transferring my

inheritance my father left behind for me in a Bank in Burkina Faso
here, all I need is a foreigner

who will help me stand as the foreign partner to my father and
beneficiary of the fund. The

money deposited in the Bank was US10.5 Million united states dollar)
with 15 kilo of Gold I have

confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso where the Gold was deposited.

Please I just need this fund to be transfer to your account as my
foreign partner so that I will

come over to your country after the transfer the fund to your bank
account and complete my

education because I cannot go back there again therefore I have nobody
again all of my family

was killed in the war.

Please read this proposal as urgently and get back to me on my private box at

(aminahibrahim11222@gmail.com)

Yours Faithfully,

Miss Amina Ibrahim.

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