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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: Chadi Amah <mmmm22@powerinc.energy>
Reply-To: <chadiamanji99@pochta.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 02:08:17 -1100
Subject: Pls get back to me..


Hello Please permit me for contacting you through this media with such a pr=
oposal. It is wise to say that luck occurs when opportunity meet preparedne=
ss. It is preparedness that grants the ability to realize the full potentia=
ls of opportunity when it comes our way; it then enables us to take advanta=
ge rightly. It is about an opportunity which is presently at hand, but whic=
h must be handled with utmost care and caution. Nevertheless, I am taking t=
he risk of contacting you through this media after several weeks of deliber=
ation with my colleagues, only with the hope that you will not report to th=
e Police, FBI, CIA or the IRS, since we believe that it will rather do you =
a lot good to cooperate with us than to ruin such an opportunity that will =
continue to positively touch lives even after us. In contribution to your p=
roper understanding, I make haste to quote from the Robert Greene=92s Book,=
48 Laws Of Power; =93Use the wisdom, knowledge and legwork of other people=
to further your own cause. Not only will it save you valuable time and ene=
rgy, it will give you a godlike aura of efficiency and speed. In the end, t=
he source or your helpers will be forgotten and you will be remembered. I a=
m Chief Chadia Amah, a civilian attached to the Ghana Ports & Harbors Autho=
rity. I am a Ghanaian by national and a South African by birth. It all star=
ted in the early hours of a fateful day, 14th of September, 2014 when three=
of my Customs colleagues and I intercepted two metal boxes at the Tema Por=
ts. The goods were actually coming from an un-disclosed neighboring country=
, believing to be owned by an Ex-President who is presently under the UN Se=
curity Council, facing charges of war crimes, loots and human right abuses.=
However, the escorts of the goods who never expected our bold interference=
since the boxes were all tagged =93Diplomatic Luggage=94 disappeared as I =
finally ordered my junior officers to run a scan on the box. Their disappea=
rance and absence on the date of the scan gave me a lot of suspicion, so I =
then decided to make the operation very secret from our general official du=
ties. The scan was indeed carried out and result of the contents was exactl=
y what I suspected. Proof Mint Notes of United States Dollar Bills in 100 d=
enominations, amounting to twelve million according to a document found in =
one of the box. We transferred the box to a Security Firm and deposited the=
m in a vault under my name. Investigations and all efforts towards locating=
the so-called owners proved abortive till date. Obviously this is nothing =
but an opportunity and we have now concluded to take advantage of it. Can y=
ou be trusted? Can we count on your ability, integrity and sincerity? I am =
willing to furnish you with complete informations once I receive your favor=
able reply. Chief Chadia Amah

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