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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: "Mr.James F. Entwistle" <tntexpressccnig@careceo.com>
Reply-To: <ambassadorjamesfentwistle664@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 09:46:05 +0100
Subject: US Ambassador to Nigeria


Without mincing words, I am convinced 100% that you have had bitter
experience with various 'scammers' claiming to be high government
officials and thereby defrauding you of your 'hard-earned money'. The
actitivies of these scammers has changed your perspective about
conducting business on the internet, and you now believed there is no
genuine business that can be conducted on the internet. Well, I am an
American and the internet was created by Americans for the purpose of
creating awareness for your products/services and conducting genuine
business with ease. I am fully committed to deliver the "diplomatic
consignment" to you in the United States in order to differentiate
myself from the many Nigeria you have dealt with. I am a full citizen of
the United States, but I was on a Foreign Mission here in Nigeria as a
US Ambassador. Hence, I am making every efforts to ensure that no
citizen of the United States is cheated by Nigeria. Therefore, I need
your utmost support and understanding to actualize this dream. I also
want you to understand that I do trust you and I expect you to show me
the same trust and respect in return since trust is a 2-way street. On
the other hand, trust is a relationship of reliance. Trust also means
being able to predict what other people will do and what situations will
occur.

Trust is both an emotional and logical act. Emotionally,
it is where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, but believing
they will not take advantage of your openness. Logically, it is where
you have assessed the probabilities of gain and loss, calculating
expected utility based on hard performance data, and concluded that the
person in question will behave in a predictable manner. In practice,
trust is a bit of both. I trust you because I have experienced your
trustworthiness by merely believing in what I have said, even when you
have not seen me, and because I have faith in human nature.

Frankly
speaking, I understand that anyone in your shoes will feel betrayed,
but I still want you to show me your trust by giving me the benefit of
doubt on this delivery arrangement. My identity and personality is
verifiable, and I promise to deliver the consignment to you in the
United States without any hitch. Please do not allow this mission to die
off because of $107.00 dollars. I meant so well for you and I believe
you will appreciate me more when you have finally received your partial
payment of $6.5 million dollars upon my arrival with the package in
United States. I will use my position and personality to deposit the
$6.5 million dollars into your bank account in the United States without
questioning from the financial monitoring authourities, since all
documentations proving the legitimacy of the funds has been processed.

Please
don't see me as one of the numerous dubious Nigeria you have dealt with
in the past. I am a different person entirely and I come from a
different continent. I have the American spirit in me and I hate
cheaters.

I promise to always uphold the national unity of the
United States. Please reply back asap and let me know your possibility
of sending the $107.00 dollars today.

Respectfully yours,

Mr.James F. Entwistle Emails:ambassadorjamesfentwistle664@gmail.com
US Ambassador to Nigeria

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