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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.Abraham Nwankwo." <nwankwo.d@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 14:00:55 +0200
Subject: DEAR;SIR/CEO;PROJECT PARTNERSHIP,WITH YOUR NO FINANCIAL COMMITMENT.

DEAR SIR, / CEO ,

I,am Dr.Abraham Nwankwo,the Director General of the Debt Management office of Nigeria and as well a member of the National Economic Management term of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

We have been appointed to strategically find solutions to the battered economy of Nigeria and therefore, presently seeking for reliable , trusted and honest foreign contractors/partners as well as technocrats and skill experts in different sectors to assist in revamping our ailing economy resulting from the global fall of crude -oil price and the consistent pipe-line vandalization by the militants in the Niger Delta region(oil producing area),which has resulted to the dwindling exploration of the product,wish is the major sources of the Nation economy.

It is our decision to look inward and seek for experts in various fields to exploit the needed available and vast natural resources in our nation,ie: Agriculture,mining,rail development,to mention but a few,to create other source of revenue and reduce over dependent on the crude oil.

Based on the above premise,i as a member of the economic term,has decided to contact you for a partnership/business venture.

However,before i explain further i want to erode the fear of financial obligation,because i have put a machinery in motion to take care of the expenses during the course of this transaction,through an investor,that will remit to you all the necessary funds to finance,the filing processes, ie the company incorporation,legal documentation and licensing fee to be paid as a foreign company,which have to be taking care of by you,so that i will not be find involved in the project initially, as a member of term.

Please,if you will be willing to partner with me,on your confirmation,i will further brief you on the needed documents and information,to be forwarded to me to commence the registration process.


However,i hope you have read my proposal and understood the content,all what i request from you,is a partnership venture,that will lead to a contract award of over $500 million united states dollars,but this depend on your field of endeavor,in which will have to enroll on.

To start,we have to do the needful by following the due process of registration the company over here and pay the necessary licensing fee and others.

Secondly,i have assured you that the registration process,will be finance by an investment company,that will wire the needed funds to you for that purpose and that you will spend no cent.( THIS IS GUARANTEED)

Emphatically,no financial commitment from you,what i need is your skill,foreign status and most paramount the fear of God to be sincere and be co-operative.

The details are as follows:-
Name:
Mobile phone number:
Address:
AND YOUR ID.

I will therefore be looking forward for your positive response.

E-mail: nwankwo.d@outlook.com

Yours faithfully,

Dr.Abraham Nwankwo.
DG (Debt Management office)
Member National Management Term.

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