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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: DANIEL AMECHI <drbillingelofficemail2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: office_maildavidamechi@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 07:47:53 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY FRIEND / RESPOND PROMPTLY TO MY EMAIL.

Dear Friend,

I am a medium income civil servant here in Africa. By reason of my job
appointment, i am privy to certain classified government projects and
often, would assist foreign contracting companies with my government
bid for such contract projects and facilitate contract allocations in
return for an agreed commission payment to me. Being still in
government service, I have a challenge of receiving my commission
payments directly in my accounts here in Africa as any such foreign
funds trans to it will be questioned, placed on hold and likely
confiscated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and its
likes, for my inability to legitimately prove source and purpose for
such funds deposits.


For this reason, do I seek a foreign alliance I can repose with the
confidence to hold in proxy, my commission payments, to be further
disbursed to accommodate my export needs from Asia as I may further
advise upon. Should you be able to provide me with account
reference(s) to hold in proxy, such funds as I may channel through
you, then we can establish a certain trade agreement that will most
certainly be equally beneficial to you. My commission payments may
range from US$150,000 to US$300,000 and for every such funds transfers
I may channel through your account(s), you will retain 15% as payments
due you for services rendered.

Should you be able to provide services I require, then I will ask that
you respond promptly to my mail by providing me with a brief account
of yourself/establishment and certainly too, with a copy of any viable
form of identification; corporate and or personal. There shall be need
also that we have a memorandum of Understanding MOU bothering on our
intended Trust relationship. We will discuss exact content of this
upon your consent to take up and render services I require. If you
will provide me with your direct telephone number, I shall call to
discuss further.


Yours Faithfully,

Daniel Amechi

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