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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: Salah Ibrahim <salahibrahim4107@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsalahibrahim75@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2022 09:11:22 +0000
Subject: Treat As Urgent,

Dear Frinend

My name is Mr.Salah Ibrahim . I am working with one of the prime banks
here in Burkina Faso. in this bank existed a dormant account for many
years, which belong to one of our late foreign customer. The amount in
this account stands at $10,500,000 (Million Five Hundred Thousand USA
Dollars)if you are interested contact me and all the details shall be
sent to you once I hear from you.

Best regards,

From Salah Ibrahim

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