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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 Anthony Johnson Williams <exa07@biznetvigator.com>
Reply-To: Ambassador Anthony Johnson Williams <ambassador_williams@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Apr 2018 18:39:27 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Please reply back to me right now and reconfirm if you are
available to receive your fund from the Embassy immediately today.



Hello beneficiary Happy Easter to you,


My regards to you and your family. I am Ambassador Anthony Johnson Williams from the US Embassy Benin Republic. Please you need to reply back to me right now and reconfirm to me if you are available to receive your fund immediately today because I am on my way to your house right to deliver your $2,500,000.00USD (Two million five hundred thousand united state dollars).


I want to let you know that some group of corrupted officials diverted your beneficiary fund from the United Nations to a security company in Benin Republic, but you are very lucky that the US Embassy was able to recover your fund from the security company, so I am on my way to your house right now to deliver your fund to you and I must like to deliver the fund to you immediately today.


Right now, I am in Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Ohio and I need to start coming to your house right away so that I must be able to deliver your fund to you immediately today.


I want to let you know that it has been agreed by the authorities that you must need to receive your complete fund worth $2.500,000.00(Two million five hundred united state dollars)immediately today, so please you need to reply back to me right away with your available telephone number and also reconfirm your correct home address where you want me to deliver your fund for you, so that I will start coming over to your house right away and deliver your fund to you immediately today as scheduled.


Reconfirm your delivery address below and ensure is very correct so that we must avoid any wrong delivery.
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Reply back to me right away so that I will start coming to your house right away and deliver your fund to you.
You can also reply to my second email: wm240256@outlook.com
Or you call me on +1 (870) 970-8331.


I await your urgent feedback so that I must be able to deliver your fund to you immediately today.


My regard
Ambassador Anthony Johnson Williams
US Embassy.






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