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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 Symington Stuart" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ambsstuartsymington07@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 14:57:13 +0100
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary!!!

 
 
U.S EMBASSY ABUJA
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AREA, ABUJA, NIGERIA
PHONE: +2348058060869
 
 
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($10,105,000.00 Million USD)  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 2016
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 ($10,105,000.00 Million USD) MUST BE
REGISTERED AS AN AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE FOR ME TO DEFEAT
ALL ODDS AND THE COST OF REGISTERING IT IS $188.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:....................CYRIL ifeanyichukwu
james
ADDRESS:..............................NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION:....................... IN GOD?
ANSWER:.............................. WE TRUST.
AMOUNT: ..............................$188.
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: (
ambsstuartsymington07@gmail.com )
 
 
TRULY,
 
AMBASSADOR STUART SYMINGTON
U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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