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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: "US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <us_ambassdor@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 2015 22:06:57 +0100
Subject: TRIP

FROM: US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
Senders James Knight,
U.S. Embassy Nigeria Town Hall
Abuja, Nigeria

I shall be coming to your country for an official meeting and i will
be bringing your funds of $2.5 million united state dollars along with
me as part of compensation from the president of Nigeria for those
affected in scams activities in Nigeria but this time i will not go
through customs because as an ambassador to Nigeria, I am a us
government agent and i have the veto power to go through customs. As
soon as i am through with the meeting i shall then proceed to your
address. (Send your cell phone number and the address where you want
me to bring the package).

You have really paid so much in this delivery that makes me wonder.
You are a very lucky person because i shall be bringing it myself and
there is nothing anyone can do about it.

Your package $2.5 million united state dollars must be registered as
an ambassadorial package for me to defeat all odds and the cost of
registering it is $120 usd.the fee must be paid in the next 30 hours
via Money Gram so that all necessary arrangement can be made before
time will be against us.

This development is coming now that the ministry wants to offset all
your outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries
around the world in which your payment file was affected. As you may
know
(1). MONEY GRAM MONEY TRANSFER TO:

Recipient: George Chukwudi
Country: Lagos Nigeria
Text Question: Code
Text Answer: 8080
Amount: US$120.00

(2). WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER TO:

Recipient: George Chukwudi
Country: Lagos Nigeria
Text Question: Code
Text Answer: 8080
Amount: US$120.00

As soon as you send the fee make sure you send me the payment
information. to this email address: ( us_ambassdor@yahoo.com.hk )


My flight is Tuesday next week 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.

Ambassador James Knight,
Senders James Knight,
U.s. Ambassador to Nigeria
+2348123176045

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