419 scam: USA AMBASSADOR <drrobertwalker055@gmail.com> US AMBASSADOR MARY BETH LEONARD WILL COME TO YOU WITH YOUR FUND OF<br> $3.5MILLION

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- usambassadormarybethleonard4@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: USA AMBASSADOR <drrobertwalker055@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usambassadormarybethleonard4@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:45:22 +0100
Subject: US AMBASSADOR MARY BETH LEONARD WILL COME TO YOU WITH YOUR FUND OF
$3.5MILLION DOLLARS

Ambassador. Mary Beth Leonard
US Ambassador to Nigeria
7 maxilla street off aso drive Marita district,
Lagos, Nigeria

Dear lovely one ,

I shall be coming to your country for an official meeting this week
and i will be bringing your united nation endowment funds of
us$3,500,000.00 along with me but this time i will not go through
customs because as an ambassador to Nigeria, i am a us government
agent and i have the veto power to go through customs.

As soon as i am through with the meeting i shall then proceed to your
address. (send your cell phone number and the address where you want
me to bring the package such as

1, your Name ....
2,your phone....
3,your address...
4,conutry name....
5,your privet email....
6,your picture ...
7,your whassapp phone number....

because You have really paid so much in this delivery that makes me
wonder,You are a very lucky person because i shall be bringing it
myself and there is nothing anyone can do about it and stop
contacting any one again OR pay any money to those people any more
and i must save my peoples, No meter anything Ok.

Your package of ($3,500.000.00) must be registered as an
ambassadorial package for me to defeat all odds

Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard.
U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria
EMAIL: usambassadormarybethleonard4@gmail.com

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