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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: "AMB. JAMES F. ENTWISTLE" <cbn200@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ambjames62274@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 00:33:21 +0100
Subject: VERY URGENT!!! QUICK RESPONSE NEEDED

--
Greeting from U.S Embassy,
THIS MAIL IS ONLY FOR THE OWNER OF THIS E-MAIL ADDRESS
>From US Ambassador to Federal Republic of Nigeria
United States Consulate General Nigeria
No 7 Mambilla Street, Off Aso Drive
Maitama District Abuja Nigeria.

ATTENTION:

I AM MR. JAMES F. ENTWISTLE, THE UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.
DETAILS ABOUT ME ON THIS LINK:
http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html

THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY HAS RESOLVED ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO
NIGERIA ON-BEHALF OF 100 SCAM VICTIMS TO BE COMPENSATED AFTER POLICE
ARRESTED SOME FRAUDSTERS IN LAGOS NIGERIA WHO MENTIONED YOUR
PARTICULARS AS ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES. NOTE THAT AFTER MY
MEETING WITH MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
AND OTHER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONS
AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), THEY AGREED TO PAY YOU
$7,000,000.00 (SEVEN MILLION U.S AMERICAN DOLLARS) AS YOUR
COMPENSATION.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR NAME WERE AMONG THE LIST TO BE PAID $7M US
DOLLARS COMPENSATION PAYMENT. SO RE-CONFIRM THE BELOW INFORMATION SO
THAT THERE WILL BE NO MISTAKE(S):

1) YOUR FULL NAME(S):
2) YOUR CURRENT HOUSE ADDRESS:
3) CELLPHONE AND HOME PHONE NUMBER(S):
4) OCCUPATION:
5) AGE:
6) ATTACHMENT OF AN ID FOR IDENTIFICATION:

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THIS INFORMATION, YOU WILL BE INSTRUCTED ON THE
NEXT STEP TO ENABLE YOU RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER
DELAY. GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO
SPEND HERE IN NIGERIA.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.

REPLY TO THIS E-MAIL: ambjamesentwistle62274@outlook.com

AMB. JAMES F. ENTWISTLE
UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA

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