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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: "Mr. Kingsley Kwame" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <heritageconsultantld@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2019 03:03:10 -0700
Subject: Attention:Sir/Madam,

Attention:Sir/Madam,

I am writing to inform you that we have actually been authorized by the government department your products is been needed to be supply to us and we decided to enquiry about the possibility of your company handling this supply contact as you get back to us with your product. I have spoken with the Director of the Project in the Department and he gave me the authority to contact you for this. Indicate if you can supply your products as we are in need of it urgently so that we can start negotiation in earnest. Thank you very much for your attention, expecting to read from you promptly.

The Ministry will contact you directly after we have gotten your quotation.

Thanks,
Mr. Kingsley Kwame
Heritage Consultant Limited
23 Allen Avenue, Ikeja, Lagos Nigeria
Tel: +234-8023591484
Reg. No: NG494701-09
VAT: FTC68449646210

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