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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: "Ambassador William Garvelink," <info@admin.org>
Reply-To: stevbillias0@secretarias.com
Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:39:52 -0600 (CST)
Subject: William Garvelink, the new United States Ambassador




ATTN: GOOD NEWS FOR YOU
United States Consulate General Accra
2 Walter Carrington Crescent
Air Port Road ,Accra Ghana.

Dear Sir

My name is William Garvelink, the new United States Ambassador to the
Federal Republic of Ghana. The United States Senate had confirmed my
nomination on August 5 2010 after being nominated for this position by
U.S. President Barack Obama on June 28, 2010. My credentials as the new
Ambassador appointed were presented to His Excellency President John Atta
Mills at the Presidential Villa in Accra, Ghana, on November 2, 2010.

I am a career member of the senior Foreign Service with the rank of
Minister-Counselor whose diplomatic career has been spent mostly in Afria
or working on African issues. I served most recently as the Deputy Chief
of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, DenmarK. Prior to this, I
was the U.S. Ambassador to Mali, and I have served as Deputy Chief of
Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Tunisia, Senegal and Togo.

Other overseas postings include Niger, South Africa, India and Chad. In
Washington, I was the senior desk officer for Zaire (now Democratic
Republic of the Congo), and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Assistance. I hold
a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history and French language and
literature in University of Oregon in Eugene, and I also attend the
Université de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, from 1979-1980 as a Rotary
Foundation Graduate Fellow, and also attend the Fletcher School of Law and
Diplomacy. My identity can be verified by simply clicking on the URL link
below:

http://ghana.usembassy.gov/

PLEASE SEND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO
BRING THE PACKAGE.

(1)Full Name:................
(2)Address:..................
(3)Phone Number:.............


However, following the resolution of the meeting held with His Excellency
President John Atta Mills at the Presidential Villa in Accra yesterday
with some members of the Federal House of Senate, an agreement was reached
that the sum of $500,000.00 USD must be paid out to you in the form of a
compensation for all the years you have wasted in waiting for your funds
to be released. Hence, the $500,000.00 USD compensation fund has been
instructed to be paid out to you in the form of a CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL
BANK DRAFT drawn on Standard Chartered Bank. The said BANK DRAFT will be
packaged inside a U.S Embassy Official Envelope to be sent to you via
Postal Mail at no cost to your mailing address. And the time frame for
delivery is 72 hours, which is 3 days since it would be sent via a Postal
Mail Service.

Meanwhile, a "Custom Clearance Certificate" must be obtained from the
Ghana Customs Authority at a fee of $220.00 USD for a full clearance
certification on the BANK DRAFT. Hence, the $220.00 dollar fee must be
paid within 24 hours upon your receipt of this notification via western
union or Money Gram, so that all necessary arrangement can be made ahead
of time.The fee should me sent directly to the "Embassy Protocol Officer"
with the below information:


Recipient's Name:............. James Wood
Destination:..................Accra - Ghana
Test question:................Year
Test answer:..................2011
Amount: ......................$220.00 dollars
Mtcn 10 digits fill in here: ..............

Please take note that the "Custom Clearance Certificate" and the BANK
DRAFT will be packaged together inside the U.S Embassy Official Envelope
for immediate dispatch to your mailing address. Hence, you are advised to
comply as requested to enable me discharge my official duty accordingly.

Congratulations!!!
Respectfully yours,

Contact My secetray With These info Below
Email:stevbillias0@secretarias.com

Website:http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html



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