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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 JAMES F. ENTWISTLE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamesfentwistle55@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 19:11:30 -0400
Subject: FUND DELIVERY FROM US AMBASSADOR

U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
CENTRALDISTRICT AREA, ABUJA
 
 
ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
 
 
AN OFFICIAL MEETING WAS HELD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AND MINISTER OF
FINANCE CONCERNING THE UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED FUNDS TO FOREIGN
BENEFICIARIES,I WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT YOU HAVE
PAID MUCH MONEY AND YET HAVE NOT RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS.THIS IS WHY I DECIDED
TO HELP.
 
 
I WILL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND I WILL COME
ALONG WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CONTAINING SUM OF $15.8 MILLION ALONG WITH
ME THROUGH UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO THE COUNTRY. BUT I WILL NOT
GO THROUGH CUSTOMS BECAUSE AS U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, AM U.S GOVERNMENT
AGENT AND HAVE THE VETO POWER TO PASS THROUGH CUSTOMS. JUST LIKE I HELPED
TWO PERSONS THAT RECEIVED THEIR FUNDS THIS YEAR 2014 THROUGH FEDEX COURIER
SERVICE.
 
 
PROVEN YOU THE TRUTH, TRACK THE BELOW TRACKING NUMBERS AND CONFIRM IT:
1.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
 
 
TRACKING NO: 395659915113418
2.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 797524131428
 
 
ENSURE YOU TRACK IT FIRST TO CONFIRM BY YOUR SELF AND IMMEDIATELY AM
THROUGH WITH THE MEETINGS, I SHALL THEN PROCEED TO YOUR HOME,OK. PLEASE
SEND YOUR INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BELOW:-
 
 
1. YOUR FULL NAME
 
 
2. CELL PHONE NUMBER
 
 
3. ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE PACKAGE).
 
 
YOU REALLY PAID MUCH IN REGARDS OF THE DELIVERY AND THAT'S SURPRISED ME.
YOU ARE A VERY LUCKY AS I SHALL BE BRINGING IT MYSELF AND NOTHING CAN STOP
ME.
 
 
YOUR PACKAGE ($15.8M) MUST BE REGISTERED AS AN AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE FOR
ME TO DEFEAT ALL ODDS AND THE COST OF REGISTERING IT IS $95.THE FEE MUST
BE PAID IN THE NEXT 50 HOURS VIA WESTERN UNION SO THAT ALL NECESSARY
ARRANGEMENT CAN BE MADE BEFORE TIME WILL BE AGAINST US.
 
 
SEND THE FEE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY OR MONEY GRAM
TRANSFER:
 
 
 
RECEIVER'S NAME:....................IFEANYI ONUORA
ADDRESS:.............................. LAGOS, NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION:....................... IN GOD?
ANSWER:.............................. WE TRUST.
AMOUNT: ..............................$95.
SENDER NAME AND ADDRESS.
 
 
 
AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME
 
 
THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.I SHALL SEND MY FLIGHT SCHEDULE TO YOU.
 
 
ACCESS MY WEBSITE AND READ BIOGRAPHY:
 
 
http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html
 
 
MY FLIGHT IS MONDAY AND I EXPECT YOU TO COMPLY.
 
 
EMAIL: {  jamesfentwistle55@gmail.com  }
 
 
TRULY,
AMBASSADOR JAMES F. ENTWISTLE.
U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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