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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. Christian Appia" <sxafdsh6757@live.com>
Reply-To: <engr.christianappia@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 06:55:32 +0000
Subject: LETTER


Dear,
My name is Engr. Christian Appia,a contractor with the federal ministry of works. I am writing to solicit your assistance to secure a total sum $25,000,000.00(Twenty five million US Dollars) over invoiced amount from a contract which I executed with an energy firm.
The fund is presently with a security firm in Tokyo Japan. Meanwhile,I am unable to travel to Japan myself right now to secure the funds to an overseas account due to my present circumstances in this country,and that is the reason why I am seeking for your assistance to travel to Japan on my behalf to secure the funds to your overseas account,and I will then join you later to invest the funds legally into real-estate businesses in your country.
I am willing to offer you 10% of the total amount for your assistance.
Be well informed that you will not be asked to pay any money. I am personally going to pay for all your travel expenses which includes,flight tickets,hotels,and feeding including any other expenses that may arise during your trip.
I REPEAT,YOU WILL NOT SPEND ANY CENT OF YOUR OWN IN THIS PROCESS.All I demand from you is honesty and dedication.
Please if you know you are interested and capable of handling this trust; kindly reach me through my personal e-mail address:engr.christianappia@gmail.com
Regards,
Engr. Christian Appia.

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