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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: Mrs Mary Beth Leonard <terryalexander009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: marybethleonard009@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2022 16:28:24 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY ,

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY ,

I AM MRS.MARY BETH LEONARD, UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, JUST
IN CASE YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I WANT YOU TO CLICK THIS WEBSITE FOR MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT ME: http://https://ng.usembassy.gov

THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY HAS RESOLVED ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO
NIGERIA ON-BEHALF OF 100 SCAM VICTIMS TO BE COMPENSATED AFTER POLICE
ARRESTED SOME FRAUDSTERS IN NIGERIA WHO MENTIONED YOUR PARTICULARS
AS ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES.

NOTE THAT AFTER MY MEETING WITH MR MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT FEDERAL
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND OTHER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS, WORLD
BANK, UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND (IMF), THEY
AGREED TO PAY YOU $5,000,000.00 (FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
)AS YOUR COMPENSATION.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR NAME WERE AMONG THE LIST TO BE PAID $5M US
DOLLARS COMPENSATION PAYMENT. SO RE-CONFIRM BELOW INFORMATION SO THAT
THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MISTAKE:

1) YOUR FULL NAME: ---------------
2) YOUR CURRENT HOUSE ADDRESS: -------------
3) CURRENT DIRECT TELEPHONE: -------------
4) OCCUPATION & AGE: -------------

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, I WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO TO
RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.GET BACK TO ME
IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO SPEND HERE IN
NIGERIA.CALL YOU ME ON MY DIRECT MOBILE PHONE:+2348130372570 ,PLEASE
SEND ME EMAIL THROUGH MY PERSONNAL EMAIL
ADDRESS:marybethleonard009@gmail.com



CONGRATULATIONS.
MY BEST REGARDS.
MRS.MARY BETH LEONARD
UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA

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