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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?SE9OLiBET01JTklDIEVLRUg=?= <hondominicekeh@inbox.ru>
Date: Sun, 08 Oct 2017 13:07:08 +0300
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?VVJHRU5UICBPRkZFUg==?=

Attn: Sir

My name is Hon.David Ekeh , an Engineer with the NNPC Company Ltd (NNPC).
My duty includes awards of contracts, vetting and making payments on behalf
of my Ministry (NNPC).

SUBJECT: After due consideration, I have fully agreed to privately invest
extensively in your line of products/services. I am intending to retire
from government services to private business I decided to

contact you for an urgent business proposal. I have decided to deal with a
neutral person like you because of the nature of the transaction as I will
equally be happy to arrange with you on terms of trade and possible
transfer of the funds needed for the investment into your company's account
or personal account.

These funds were incurred as a kick back lifting of oil by the last top
military government. Note that the former President of Nigeria late Gen.
Sani Abacha and his Cabinet allowed the nations refineries to collapse.
This was a

ground plot by the late head of state and his cabinets to enable them lift
the Nations oil through the back door to their foreign counterpart in other
to enrich their individual foreign bank account. This money (Thirty six
million United States Dollars) is now floating in the Federal Ministry of
Finance as a redundant fund waiting to be claimed. Because of our new
Federal Government Decree on Civil Servants, we are officially not allowed
to own a company or operate a foreign bank account. Hence my soliciting for
your assistance to enable me receives this fund into your company's account
or personal account pending when I come over for the sharing.

To enable me start the process and remittance of the fund into your bank
account successfully within 14 banking days, I need the following
information from you by fax or e-mail:

* Beneficiary's name, address, private

telephone / fax number.

* Your bank particulars including your bank name,

address and your account number.

Note that as soon as I receive this information it will be forwarded to the
appropriate quarters for final processing and approvals. With the
modalities I have worked out it makes it possible for you to act

as a contractor who worked under my ministry and now waiting to receive his
payment and when satisfied by the agencies your bank account will be
credited within 48 banking hours

This transfer is 100% risk free having done all the underground works
locally for the smooth transfer of the fund into your bank account within
the shortest period. I advised that you should keep this transaction a top
secret and rest all correspondence to fax, e-mail or phone only, because I
am occupying a sensitive position in the government circle and also this is
once in a lifetime opportunity.

Finally I want you to assure me that you will work on my instruction and my
own share of the money will be safe. You will be rewarded with 30% of the
total sum for your honest assistance and co-operation 10%

for all type of expense that we both parties might incur during the course
of this transaction and the balance of 60% remain for me.

Contact me by return mail for any question and further discussion on this
my private email hondominicekehnnpc@yahoo.com.

Hon.David Ekeh


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HON. DOMINIC EKEH

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