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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: "Mrs. Tracy Gregor" <tracygregor@info.org>
Reply-To: tracygregor.nsaspecialagent000@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 11:00:26 -0600
Subject: From the desk of Ms. Tracy Gregor Special Agent of National Security Agency
(NSA)


>From the desk of Ms. Tracy Gregor Special Agent of National Security Agency=
(NSA) Washington , D.c Division 03793 Dear Friend, I am Ms. Tracy Gregor ,=
Special Intelligence Agent in the National Security Agency, It is my pleas=
ure to inform you that i have been working on your Case file for over month=
s now , are you not tired of paying fees to Scammer and Internet Impersonat=
ors who wants to use your name and money to execute business transactions j=
ust for there own selfish interest, how long will you believe in there lies=
and constant demand for money, you receive quite number of business propos=
als everyday in and outside Nigeria yet you have not receive one dollar cen=
t in all your dealings, for how long will you trust and believe in those im=
personated stories? have you for one day asked yourself why after spending =
a lot of fees to receive whatever they promised you and nothing was paid to=
you in the end rather you will receive another proposal totally different =
with new amount, check within yourself what you have benefited since you en=
gaged yourself into these transactions, have you asked yourself why you rec=
eive different business proposals and at the end they turns out to be scamm=
ers and Impersonators. READ CAREFULLY Actually your name appeared on the Ni=
geria contract manifest booklet as sub-letted beneficiary to receive contra=
ct over-invoice amount sum of $6.9million dollars, those people contacting =
you from all over the world did not guide you properly concerning how this =
funds was awarded to you rather they used there connections in different co=
untries through banks, security agencies, ministries and institutions to co=
ntact you just to extort your hard earned money to sponsor transactions for=
there own benefit then make you believe that you will receive your funds o=
ne day which will never happen because your name is on the government list =
as sub-letted beneficiary while those crooks where using documents of alrea=
dy paid contracts of the first executor to contact you from different count=
ries like UK, SPAIN, AMERICA, GHANA E.T.C,. Those people branded Nigeria wi=
th bad names on both local and international scene just because you where c=
laiming something that you don't know how and why it was awarded to you. Yo=
u are advised to contact the United Nations Compensation Commission on thei=
r Email Contact Informations below as they are the Only Legitimate Organiza=
tion who has your name on the Compensated Short Listed Names of Beneficiari=
es who was compensated with the sum of $6.9 Million Dollars. United Nations=
Compensation Commission Contact Person: Mr. Dr. Carlos Lopez ( Chairman of=
United Nations Board of Auditors) Email: approvalofficeunitednations@gmail=
.com Finally, i am in the position to set things straight if actually you w=
ant to receive your funds, forget those lottery proposals and also proposal=
s you receive from individuals , banks, ministries ETC, the only contract s=
um awarded to you as a sub-letted beneficiary is paying for supplying of pi=
peline equipment for Nigeria Power Holding as over invoiced through the Nig=
eria chambers of commerce any other proposal is fabricated to extort and us=
e you, calculate how much you have spent and time wasted and nothing was pa=
id to you yet you keep receiving series of proposals, well you can continue=
with them but bear it in mind that you will not receive a cent from them r=
ather you will spend and get frustrated and they will abandon you to suffer=
even continued to demand for more money even when you can not feed yoursel=
f due there deceit and untruthfulness, you trusted and believed them but th=
ey stab you when you needed them most to keep to there promises. you will n=
ot believe me because those people you trusted have trusted and who has tur=
ned you down by tsealing your hard earned money. Waiting for your prompt re=
sponse Regards Ms. Tracy Gregor (Nsa Special Agent ) Email: tracygregor.nsa=
specialagent000@gmail.com

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