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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: Alexander Akuchukwu <akuchukwu547631@gmail.com>
Reply-To: akuchukwualexander@ymail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 22:31:42 +0000
Subject: Proposal and offer!!!



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Dear friend,

Please forgive me if this message came to you in a manner you did not
expect, it is due to the urgent nature of the message I want to pass to
you. My name is Alexander Akuchukwu. I am a lawyer to late MR. BRONISLAW
GEREMEK. Late Mr. Geremek was a Polish citizen and he was a Category "A"
contractor to the Nigerian Government before he died in a car crash on July
13, 2008.

I contacted you because of the payment of Twenty Two Million United States
Dollars for the last contract Mr. Geremek did for Nigerian Government under
the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in 2006. INEC is ready
to pay him for that contract now, but there is no one to receive the
payment because he has no recorded Next-of-Kin in his file at INEC. INEC
has mandated me as his lawyer to produce an “appointed Next-of-Kin” who
will receive the payment. On this capacity, therefore, I seek your consent
to present you as an appointed Next-of-Kin, so that this contract payment
will be paid to you.

Once the payment is made to you, both of us will share it at the ratio of
50/50. That is, Eleven Million for you and Eleven Million for me. I must
let you know that your name and place of residence does not matter in this
process. Also understand that we shall not be doing wrong to humanity by
claiming the money because if we do not claim it, the Government will
retain it. I want to assure you that this will be done under a legitimate
and official way such that we will not go against the law. I will provide
necessary legal documents to back up the claim. The most important thing I
need is your honest cooperation.

If you are interested in this proposal and offer, kindly indicate by
sending the following data to me for immediate submission to INEC for the
claim. The data I need from you are: (1) your full name. (2) Your full
address. (3) Your age & occupation. (4) Your private telephone. Let me hear
from you.

Best regards,

Alexander Akuchukwu.

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