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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. Wilfred Nikiema" <smgexportgroup@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dwilfrednikiema89@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 04:10:51 -0700
Subject: Ok

From: Dr. Wilfred Nikiema.
(Debt Settlement Center, Abuja FCT.)
Dept Recording & Settlement Department
Co-coordinator (D.M.O) Abuja.

Re: Transfer of USD$25.5 Million

I am pleased to contact and ask you if you can handle a contract deal
of $25.5Million from D.M.O (Debt Management Office)? If yes, let me
know and send to me your under below information's. My office has been
directed by his Excellency the President, Federal Republic of Nigeria,
to discuss possible modalities that will be instituted in order to
offset/settle beneficiary contract entitlement / fund inheritance debt
of (USD$25.5 Million). Which payment has been approved several times,
without the payment been effected into the beneficiary account.

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, in his genuine
effort to eliminate corruption at the highest level during his visit
to London in the beginning of this year had an agreement with the
prime minister and also some financial institution to assist the
Federal Republic of Nigeria in scrutinizing the payment of all her
external contractors whose debts runs into millions of dollars during
the military regime of their past rulers. It was during this meeting,
we discovered that several banks in Europe have been used to deceive
and defraud unsuspecting contractors that their money has been sent to
them.

It was after his visit that this body (Debt Settlement center) was
constituted to take up the immediate reconciliation, verifications/
settlement of all categories of debt owed to foreign contractors /
fund inheritance owners by the federal government of Nigeria. Funds
has been made available for this very purpose and this body has just
received further boost up to the tune of us$700.000.000.00 from money
recovered by the Federal Government of Nigeria from Nigeria Late.
President Sani Abacha's loot which was made possible by the
intervention of the prime mister and other E.U member states.

Personal Information:
1) Full Name:
2) Address
3) Contact Phone:
4) Age: Civil Status:
5) Occupation:

I await your urgent reply.

Thanks

Yours Sincerely
Dr. Wilfred Nikiema.
Dept Recording & Settlement Department
(D.M.O) Abuja

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