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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: Riaan Mathews <peterstevenson66@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:23:40 +0000
Subject: hi


Greetings:

Email:(kenethihienetu@gmail.com)

I am Dr. Kenneth Ihenetu , The Director of EMS Toxicology Department of Health and Human services United States of America. During the Covid 19 Pandemic my department and the Government of the United States of America engaged both foreign and local contractors for the Supply of the Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
During the period under review, myself and few others in the Department of Health and Human Services over-involved all PPE Contracts within the 10 Months of national Lockdown to the tune of US$15,700,000.00 (Fifteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Let me remind that our Government of the United states of America voted about US$200billion to caution the effect of the pandemic, it is on this premise we decided al have a little share of the fund, I want to equally inform you that the real contractors has been paid in full and this fund is currently floating in special account with a commercial bank here in USA.
Therefore in view of my career and being a senior Civil Servant, I cannot claim this fund, I want to invite you to come and stand as the legal beneficiary of the fund, and you will be provided with the documents to claim the fund. You will be guided on how to claim the fund.

Let me know if you are interested to partner with me,

I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Dr. Kenneth U. Ihenetu PHD,DABCC, FACB

Laboratory Director of EMS Toxicology, LLC, DAB

Department of Health and Human Services

United States of America

https://www.hhs.gov/

Email:(kenethihienetu@gmail.com)

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