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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: Foreign Payment Services Office <chris.ndukwo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: chris_ndukwo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2015 22:28:44 -0700
Subject: Can you be trusted??

Dear Sir,
This mail is coming to you because I picked your name from the
Computer Payment Index (CPI) of Category "A" Diplomats/Contractors. I
have an offer for you, which will help your financial stand. This
offer is an amount from the Federal Government Diplomatic Compensation
Program (DCP). It is a total sum of US$12,500,000.00 (Twelve million,
five hundred thousand United States dollars only), which will be
shared between you and I in the ratio of 50% - 50%.

This amount is not from any contract/inheritance fund or has anything
related to contract/inheritance fund, rather I was instructed by the
President, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
(GCFR), to give a final clearance to some listed diplomats/contractors
in appreciation for their support in 2011 during the presidential
election that saw him in office for his first official term in office.
The DCP was done to solicit for the support of these
diplomats/contractors in the coming 2015 general elections that will
come up on March 28, 2015 and April 11, 2015 respectively.

Now, after the exercise, I have US$12.5 Million as a LEFTOVER fund out
of the amount approved for the programme and I want to seek your
consent to have the fund transferred to you for the benefit of both of
us. There will be no bureaucracy or misfortune during this
transaction. The only thing we need for this US$12.5 million to be
transferred into your nominated bank account within 72 hours (3
working days) are as follows;

(i) A valid bank account details from you for the reception of the fund.
(ii) Normalization of the account at the Federal High Court as a
diplomatic account.

If you are willing to make this deal with me, you should contact me
immediately through <chris.ndukwo@yandex.com> furnishing me with your
bank account details. Please be informed that this transaction will be
executed within 72 hours (3 working days).

Sincerely yours,
Dr Chris Ndukwo
Chairman Diplomatic/Foreign Debt Reconciliation Committee (DFDRC),
Email: chris.ndukwo@gmail.com

NB: This payment is programmed to be effected from the Federal
Government Reserve account of Nigeria to an account you will nominate
in any part of the world. AND THIS TRANSACTION MUST BE HANDLED WITH
UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY

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