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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" <biljanas@panet.rs>
Reply-To: <ambassadorjames8844@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2016 16:40:41 -0300
Subject: Good news

U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
 
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
 
CENTRAL
DISTRICT AREA, ABUJA
 
 
ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
 
 
OFFICIAL MEETING HAS BEEN HELD WITH THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA AND MINISTER OF FINANCE CONCERNING THE UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED FUNDS TO FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES,I WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT YOU HAVE PAID MUCH MONEY AND YET HAVE NOT RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS.THIS IS WHY I DECIDED
TO HELP.
 
 
I WILL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND WILL COME ALONG WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CONTAINING SUM OF $2.7 MILLION ALONG WITH ME THROUGH UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO THE COUNTRY. BUT I WILL NOT GO THROUGH CUSTOMS BECAUSE AS U.S AMBASSADOR TO
NIGERIA, AM U.S GOVERNMENT AGENT AND HAVE THE VETO POWER TO PASS THROUGH CUSTOMS.
JUST LIKE I HELPED TWO PERSONS THAT RECEIVED THEIR FUNDS LAST YEAR 2015
THROUGH FEDEX COURIER SERVICE.
 
PROVEN YOU THE TRUTH, TRACK THE BELOW TRACKING NUMBERS AND CONFIRM IT:
 
 
 
 
1.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 628702131974
 
2.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 618255167286
 
3.)WWW.FEDEX.COM
TRACKING NO: 800277347645
 
 
 
ENSURE YOU TRACK IT FIRST TO CONFIRM BY YOUR SELF AND IMMEDIATELY AM THROUGH WITH THE MEETINGS, I SHALL THEN PROCEED TO YOUR HOME,OK. PLEASE SEND YOUR INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BELOW:-
 
 
1. YOUR FULL NAME
 
2. CELL PHONE NUMBER
 
3. ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE PACKAGE).
 
 
 
YOU REALLY PAID MUCH IN REGARDS OF THE DELIVERY AND THAT'S SURPRISED ME. YOU ARE A VERY LUCKY AS I SHALL BE BRINGING IT MYSELF AND NOTHING CAN STOP ME.
 
YOUR PACKAGE ($2.7M) MUST BE REGISTERED AS AN AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE FOR ME TO DEFEAT ALL ODDS AND THE COST OF REGISTERING IT IS $185.THE FEE MUST BE PAID IN THE NEXT 50 HOURS VIA WESTERN UNION SO THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT CAN BE MADE BEFORE TIME WILL BE AGAINST US.
 
 
SEND THE FEE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY OR MONEY
GRAM
TRANSFER:
 
RECEIVER'S NAME:....................NZEKWESI CHARLES
ADDRESS:..............................NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION:....................... IN GOD?
ANSWER:.............................. WE TRUST.
AMOUNT: ..............................$185.
SENDER NAME AND ADDRESS.
 
 
AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.I SHALL SEND MY FLIGHT
SCHEDULE TO YOU.
 
 
ACCESS MY WEBSITE AND READ BIOGRAPHY:
http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html
 
 
EMAIL: (ambassadorjames8844@yahoo.com)
 
 
TRULY,
 
 
AMBASSADOR JAMES F. ENTWISTLE.
U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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