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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: "ENGR NKWAMI" <engr.nkwami7@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: engr_nkwami1@myway.com
Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2007 16:08:23 +0000
Subject: PROPOSAL

ATTENTION,

I resumed duty recently as policy harmonization chairman on public debt. A
committee set up by African Monitoring Institution under the able president
.
The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and
settle all outstanding Foreign debts. Records before me have revealed that
your payment has not been effected as a result of official negligence as
your fund has been identified either as ghost file, unclaimed deposits, and
over-invoiced sum etc;

 

 This abnormalities had happened in the institutions where some top official of the apex Banks are interested in your payment and they collaborate with impostors who are carrying a fake portfolios with levies misled and misguiding you as regards the true position of your fund.
This explains why you receive different kinds of untrue emails and phone call from different people everyday. So, be inform that we have concluded all the necessary arrangement towards the release of your parts payment amounting to $1.2 Million United States Dollars, but due to the prevailing situation worldwide on cash movement and transfer of huge sum of money, your payment have been endorsed through our (OFF-SHORE PAYMENT CENTRE) AFFILIATED TO WORLDASSOCIATIONS OF DEBT MANAGEMENT OFFICES WORLDWIDE.

Base on the information we received from our paying office , as the real
beneficiary of this payment. Please reconfirm your Full name, address and
telephone to this Email:engr_nkwami@myway.com. This will enable us advice
you on the step to finalize your payment. Your payment shall be made as soon
as this information needed from you is submitted through our Cash Call
Center or by a certify International Cashier Cheque.

You are advice not to accept any E-mail telephone calls that does not come
from this office in regards to your payment to avoid diversion of your
payment.

Accept our congratulations in advance.

Best regards,
Engr. Nkwami





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