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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: " Dr. E. Momoh" <drmomoh.e.momoh@gmail.com>
Reply-To: drmomoh.e@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 05:29:20 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: From: Dr. E. Momoh




From: Dr. E. Momoh

No. 23 Adeola Odeku Street,

Victoria Island,

Lagos, Nigeria.

Phone: +234 7036766746

Email: drmomoh.e@gmail.com



KIND ATTN OF:,



Before going into details of my writing you, I must first solicit you to treat this correspondence with the utmost confidentiality, as this is required for its success. Originally, I would have sent you this letter/proposal by postal mail, but I have been advised that the internet is the fastest means of communication that is why I am using this medium. If in the course of our transaction you deem it fit to use any other medium, I shall oblige to your request.





My colleagues and I were senior officials of the Federal Government of Nigeria's Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel, we intent to transfer some funds that are presently floating in suspense accounts of the Central Bank of Nigeria . We solicit for your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said floating funds. We are determined to conclude the transfer before the end of this quarter of 2009. During the last military regime in Nigeria, some government officials sets up companies and awarded themselves contracts that were grossly over-invoiced in various ministries and parastatals.





Presently, the new civilian government, set up the Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel, which has the mandate to use the instruments of payments made available to it by the decree setting up the panel, to review these contracts and if necessary pay those who are being owed outstanding amounts. My colleagues and I have identified quite a huge sum of these funds which are presently floating in the Central Bank of Nigeria, I and my colleagues have decided to divert some of this funds for our own purposes. However, by virtue of our positions as civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot acquire these funds in our, names or in the names of companies that are based in Nigeria . I have therefore been mandated, as a matter of trust by my colleagues in the panel to look for a reliable overseas partner into whose account we can transfer the sum of US$32,500,000.00 (Thirty Two million, Five Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars).







That is why I am writing you this letter. We have agreed to share the money to be transferred into your account, if you agree with our proposition as follows;

(i) 25% to the account owner (you).

(ii) 70% for us (the panel officials).

(iii) 5% to be used in settling all incidental expenses on both sides prior to actualization of this project.





We wish to invest our share of the proceeds of this project in your business interest and other business till we are ready and able to have access to them without raising any eyebrows here at home. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and risk-free. We intend to effect the transfer within Fifteen (15) working days from the date of receipt of the following information through this medium: Your bank's name, company's name, address and telephone and fax numbers and the account number into which the funds should be paid.





The above information will enable us write letters of claim and job description respectively. This way, we will use your company’s/name to apply for the payment. We are looking forward to doing this transaction with you and we solicit for your utmost confidentiality in this transaction. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using the above telephone number or my email address I will bring you into a more detailed picture of this transaction when I hear from you.





Best regards,

Dr. Dr. E. Momoh

Chairman, Foreign Debt Reconciliation Panel

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