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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: new file <newfile232@yahoo.pt>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 13:30:24 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: AMBASSADOR JAMES F ENTWISTLE


I  WILL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR AN OFFICIAL MEETING MISSIONARY HELD ON SATURDAY TOMORROW AND I WILL BE COMING WITH YOUR FUNDS OF $9.5M ALONG WITH ME BUT THIS TIME ALL THE CUSTOMS PAPER HAVE ALREADY SETTLED BECAUSE AS AN AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, I AM A US GOVERNMENT CITIZEN  AND I HAVE THE RIGHT TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS.

AS SOON AS I AM THROUGH THE DELIVERY OF YOUR FUND PACKAGE I WILL MOVE ON WITH THE MEETING TOMORROW SATURDAY I SHALL THEN PROCEED TO YOUR ADDRESS. (SEND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO COME WITH THE PACKAGE  CONSIGNMENT )

YOUR PACKAGE($9.5 Million) MUST BE STAMP AS AN AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE AND ALSO SECURE AN { SENATE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE APPROVAL LETTER } FOR ME TO DEFEAT ALL AUTHORITIES AND THE COST OF STAMPING IT IS $123.00 THE FEE SHOULD BE PAID IMMEDIATELY TO EFFECT THE DELIVERY WITHIN  THE NEXT 24 HOURS PAYMENT SHOULD BE MADE VIA WESTERN UNION SO THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT CAN BE MADE BEFORE TIME WILL BE AGAINST US.

SEND THE FEE $123.00 VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER INFORMATION STATED BELOW:

RECEIVER'S NAME:ADE JACOBSENDER'S NAME.==============
ADDRESS: LAGOS NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION: COLOR
ANSWER: BLUE
AMOUNT:$123.00
MTCN.

AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.THE MTCN NUMBER AND THE TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER MY FLIGHT IS SATURDAY SCHEDULED AND I EXPECT YOU TO COMPLY BEFORE THEN SO THAT THE DELIVERY CAN BE COMPLETED.

IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY, THEN IT WILL NOT BE MY FAULT IF YOU DO NOT RECEIVE YOUR PACKAGE.

REGARDS
AMBASSADOR JAMES F ENTWAMBASSADOR JAMES F ENTWISTLEISTLE
EMAILS : {ambassadorjamesfentwistle664@gmail.com}


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