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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 Steven Howard <techcable1@biznetvigator.com>
Reply-To: Ambassador Steven Howard <stevenhoward90@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 18 May 2018 10:01:10 +0800 (HKT)
Subject: Dear Beneficiary.


Hello beneficiary,

My regards to you and your family. I am Ambassador Steven Howard from the US Embassy Ethiopia. Please you need to reply back to me right now and reconfirm to me if you are available to receive your fund in your house immediately today because I am on my way to your house right now so that I must be able to deliver your $2,500,000.00 Million United States Dollars fund from the Embassy to you immediately today.

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. It also came to our notice that those criminals that attempted to divert your fund might be in contact with you in other to confuse you and steal some money from you, but you must avoid any contact with them to avoid you losing your fund, because the authorities must terminate your transaction and return the fund to the government reserve account if you keep dealing with those criminals.

Right now, I am in New York City 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 Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($2,500,000.00) 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 available telephone number and your correct delivery address right now so that I will proceed to your house right now and deliver your fund to you.

Reply back to my email or you send me a message on Tel: +1 (303) 632-9939

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

My regard
Ambassador Steven Howard.
US Embassy.


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