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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 Mary Beth Leonard." <rosemathins54009876@gmail.com>
Reply-To: NPFPUR@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 11:37:53 +0100
Subject: Greeting From Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard.

Greeting From Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard.
Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria
2 Walter Carrington Cres, Victoria Island 106104, Lagos.
Registration officer private Email: officiallyusedaddress@gmail.com

Attn:Shortlisted Scam Victim,


I am Mary Beth Leonard, the the U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria.

This is to inform you that We have received series of fraud cases
around the continenmt of which your case was reported by a concerned
citizen regarding all that you have passed through in the hands of
fraudsters who have used different means to deceive and extort from
you in the past .

This is to bring to your notice that I have been delegated by the
International Monetary Fund (IMF), United Nations (UN) in-conjunction
with Nigerian Financial Unit (NFU) to inform you that the Nigerian
government has been mandated to pay out to only 500 scam victims the
sum USD $170,000.00 USD EACH ( One hundred and Seventy Thousand United
States Dollars ) each for damages as decided by the world leaders, and
leaders of thought during the meeting.

Your email address as randomly selected was shortlisted, and approved
for this payment as one of the Scam victims to be paid this
amount.Your email address was selected among others during the random
selection, so get back to me as soon as possible for more details on
the immediate payments of your USD $170,000.00 USD EACH ( One hundred
and Seventy Thousand United States Dollars )
On this faithful recommendation, we want you to know that during the
last climate Change summit it was alarmed so much by rest of the world
leaders during the meeting on the loss of funds by various foreigners
to the scams artists operating in Nigeria all over Africa and other
parts of the world today.

In other to retain the good image of their country which we have
removed from the security watch list recently,But proscribed the BOKO
HARAM AND THE KILLER FULANI HERDSMEN AND BANDITS as world terrorist
groupS,the government of the country is now paying 500 victims the
total sum of USD $170,000.00 USD EACH ( One hundred and Seventy
Thousand United States Dollars ) each in accordance with the UN and
WORLD BANK Recommendations. This payment will now serve of your
WORLD BANK/IMF- COVID-19, DELTA VARIANT AND OMICRON PANDEMIC RELIEF
FUND.

The payments are to be made through the NIGERIA POLICE FORCE just to
get this payment work effectively, an A.S.P Mr.Olufemi Adebola,Police
Public Relation Officer was appointed to work temporally in that
section in Nigeria for this year 2021 fiscal year.
You are advised to contact A.S.P Mr.Olufemi Adebola,Police Public
Relation Officer :

Email: NPFPUR@hotmail.com

According to the numbers of beneficiaries recorded so far, 188
beneficiaries has been fully paid,half of the victims are from the
united states, while 312 is left to be paid. Kindly contact him
immediately and he will get back to you with the requirements on how
to be paid.

Thank You
Mary Beth Leonard
Ambassador of the United States to Nigeria
2 Walter Carrington Cres, Victoria Island 106104, Lagos.
Registration officer private Email: officiallyusedaddress@gmail.com


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The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity
to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, proprietary,
and/or privileged material. Any review, re transmission, dissemination
or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this
information by persons or entities other than the intended recipients
prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender
and delete the material from all
computers.” Signed: U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria.

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