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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.Michael Mckemey" <mckemey2000@yeah.net>
Reply-To: mckemey200@yeah.net
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 02:44:56 -0400
Subject: Re: Greetings...................




Hello Dear,

Hope you are in good condition while reading my mail My name is Michael
Mckemey, a Medical Doctor. and the Proprietor of a Specialist Hospital.
Named (GREAT WESTERN HOSPITAL) Do accept my apologies for contacting you
through this method I don’t have your other current contact information’s.

I am getting worried because I have already sent you this same letter by
post a month ago,yet no response was received from you until date I have a
widow

here in one of our Clinics who is on a political Asylum here in LONDON UK,
she has been psychologically ill for some months now.

This woman confided in me based on the free medical attention she is
receiving from our medical unit here in the Hospital which led her into
revealing some

confidential secret of her family concerning a huge inheritance FUND from
her late husband who was before his death some few years ago, A Top
Military

Officer in One of the Rich African Countries.It was in Confidence she
disclosed her life history and the death of her husband during the
Country’s civil war

and the fortune she inherited from her late husband.

She has asked me to secure a credible and trustworthy partner abroad who
will manage her Huge Inheritance fund; I believe you will be in the
position to

assist in managing this large sum in a profitable venture and also to help
create a safe place for her in your Country where she will finally come to
stay

with her children until such a time when the pressure is over in her
native Country

At the moment all proof documents are confirmed by me couple with the fact
that I have personally checked through the family profile to know who
they are.

After she had disclosed this information to me, I saw the reason to
request from her all the documents relating to this deposit of which she
did, now I have

the documents covering the deposited fund, which I will not hesitate to
fax to you the copies or by attachment as a prove for your confirmation as
soon as I

receive your response via email.

I am obliged to assist this lady knowing too well that she has a limited
knowledge in the business world and as such she can not manage this funds
herself in

Africa in order to avoid any trace of her by the government, I will need
from you a mutual understanding and then we shall make plans on how the
funds would

be secured into an account in your name.

This amount is deposited in a safe Bank in a location which will be
revealed to you as we progress. let me assure you that this transaction is
100% hitch and

risk free, from my discussion with her, she has agreed to give you a
reasonable amount of percentage for your involvement in this and these has
to be

discussed upon the receipt of your quick response.

Thanks and God bless for your understanding.

Best regards,
Dr.Michael Mckemey,
High Street Purton SN54BD Swindon,
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Tel: +1793 770207
E-mail: mckemey@yeah.net

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