419 scam: "Ambassador Stuart Symington" <info@usa.org> For Your Consideration

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ambassador Stuart Symington" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: <usdip20@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2016 19:22:59 -0800
Subject: For Your Consideration

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am W. Stuart Symington the new United States Ambassador to Nigeria who replaced Mr.James Entwistle, who retire from the United States Foreign Service at the end of october 2016, after 35 and a half years of service.

I found your already approved files with sum of two million five houndred thousand United States dollars(USD 2,500 000.00) to be paid to you in my office after i resumed office as the new Ambassador.

My question to you is why is this files still here in my office, was their a reason why this fund are not paid to you which you would like to inform me about, let me know if this fund is already paid to you.

If you have not recieved this fund kindly get back to me asap, i would have this investigated right away, you are required to forward the below stated informations to us immediately.

Full name:

Address:

Date of Birth:

Copy of passport :

Direct cell phone number:

Personal email:

Sincerely,

Ambassador W. Stuart.

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