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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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Fraud email example:

From: Us Embassy <jonesedward@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: usembassymccully@yahoo.cn
Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2012 22:11:29 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Attention Beneficiary:Urgent Response is needed








U.S. Department of
State

Bureau of Consular
Affairs
Washington , DC 20520










Mrs Farida WAZIRI is
currently planning a trip to USA to meet with police
officials
Greeting from USA
Embasy,
United States
Consulate General Lagos
2 Walter Harrington 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 Barack Obama on June 28, 2010. My credentials as the new
Ambassador appointed were presented to His Excellency President Good luck 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. I served most recently as the Deputy Chief of Mission
at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, Den Mark. 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
University de Harte 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://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html

However,
following the resolution of the meeting held with His Excellency President Good
luck 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 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 Nigerian Customs Authority at a fee of
$120.00 USD for a full clearance certification on the BANK DRAFT. Hence, the
$120.00 dollar fee must be paid within 24 hours upon your receipt of this
notification via western union, 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:MR.Obalim
 Isaac Amechi
Destination: Lagos
- Nigeria
Test question: Present Year
Test answer: 2012
Amount: $120.00
dollars

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,

Terence P.
McCulley
US Ambassador to Nigeria
Email:(usembassymccully@yahoo.cn)

Assistant Secretary of State
for African
Affairs



















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