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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 TERRENCE P MCCULLEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <terrenceambassador@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:02:23 -0700
Subject: AMBASSADOR TERRENCE P MCCULLEY OF USA

United States Consulate General Lagos
2 Walter Carrington Crescent
Victoria Island, Lagos
Nigeria.


Dear Sir/ Madam

My name is Terence Patrick McCulley, the new United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The United States Senate had confirmed my nomination on August 5 2010 after being nominated for this position by U.S.President Barrack Obama on June 28, 2010. My credentials as the new Ambassador were presented to His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, 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 Africa
or working on African issues.

My identity can be verified by simply clicking on the URL link below:

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

However, following the resolution of the meeting held with His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday with some members of the Federal House of Senate, an agreement was reached that the sum of $500,000.00 USD be paid to you as compensation for all the years and money you have spent trying to claim your fund Hence, this sum has been programmed to be paid via ELECTRONIC BANK METHOD or ATM VISA CARD METHOD, please indicate in your response the mode of payment best
suited for you.


Meanwhile, you are required to furnish us with the following information.

FULL NAME AND ADDRESS……

TELEPHONE AND E-MAIL

ANY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION (DRIVING LICENSE OR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT)…..

Send me a private email on (terrenceambassador@yahoo.com)

Respectfully yours,
Terence P. McCulley
US Ambassador to Nigeria

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