419 scam: christian amechie <amechiechristian23@gmail.com> reply

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: christian amechie <amechiechristian23@gmail.com>
Reply-To: christianamechie@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2024 19:02:22 -0800
Subject: reply

Greetings

Firstly, I apologize in advance for sending this deep proposal via email,
if itâ€™s of no use to you.

My name is Christian Amechie .I got your contact information from a web
search directory a few weeks ago before I decided to contact you in this
business opportunity with strong faith and believe that partnership
together to execute this transaction will be of considerable importance and
immense financial benefit for both of us and our future generation. I don't
want you to misunderstand this offer in any aspect if it is okay with you,
assure me of your full cooperation

Iâ€™m writing to genuinely seek your consent for us to work as a team to move
the huge funds amounting to (US$85,776,500.00) under a legitimate process
through you, or your company acting as a direct beneficiary/investment
manager to receive Funds for investment in your country.

I don't want you to misunderstand this proposal in any aspect, if it's okay
with you, assure me of your full cooperation, for more details about the
source of the funds and clarification on the procedures we are to follow
legitimately.

N/B: This is very confidential and only for serious intelligence and
interesting personalities, if you find no interest in this project, discard
this mail and forget I ever contacted you.

Regards

Christian Amechie

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