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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 <ffile314@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2015 14:36:37 +0100
Subject: FROM AMBASSADOR JAMES F ENTWISTLE


I
WILL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR AN OFFICIAL MEETING MISSIONARY HELD
ON THURSDAY TOMORROW AND I WILL BE COMING WITH YOUR FUNDS OF $15.5M 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 THURSDAY 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($15.5 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 $100.00 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 $100.00 VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER INFORMATION STATED BELOW:RECEIVER'S NAME:EMMANUEL USMAN
SENDER'S NAME.==============ADDRESS: LAGOS NIGERIATEXT QUESTION: COLORANSWER: BLUE
AMOUNT:$100.00MTCN.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 THURSDAY 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 ENTWISTLEEMAILS : {usembassy20013@gmail.com}

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