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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: "Ibe Kachikwu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dptoffice@barid.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:17:59 +0100
Subject: Fidelity Investment..Expecting your response.

Good Day

I am Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, Minister and Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). Please with all
humanity can I use your company's name or personal your name As a Sub-Contractor to transfer the sum of US$47Million Dollars.

Please get back to me for more details.

Hope to hear from you soon.

Best regards,
Dr. Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu

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