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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: "MARY BETH LEONARD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <maryus1beth@mail.ee>
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2023 02:25:07 -0700
Subject: U.S Ambassador - Instructed Info.

U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AREA, ABUJA
NIGERIA.

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.

I HAVE MET WITH THE BOARD DIRECTORS RECENTLY AND MINISTER OF FINANCE
CONCERNING THE UNPAID AND UNCLAIMED FUNDS TO FOREIGN BENEFICIARIES,I
WAS VERY MUCH CONCERNED WHEN I DISCOVERED THAT YOU HAVE PAID MUCH
MONEY AND YET HAVE NOT RECEIVE YOUR FUNDS.THIS IS WHY I DECIDED TO
HELP.

I WILL BE COMING TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR AN OFFICIAL VISIT AND WILL COME
ALONG WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX CONTAINING SUM OF $5,000,000.00 ALONG WITH ME THROUGH UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO THE COUNTRY. BUT I WILL NOT GO THROUGH CUSTOMS BECAUSE AS U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, AM U.S GOVERNMENT AGENT AND HAVE THE VETO POWER TO PASS THROUGH CUSTOMS.

I WILL BE WILLING TO HELP YOU AND IMMEDIATELY AM DONE WITH THE
MEETINGS I SHALL THEN PROCEED TO YOUR HOME,OK.

PLEASE RESEND YOUR INFORMATION AS REQUESTED BELOW:-


1. YOUR FULL NAME

2. CELL PHONE NUMBER

3. ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE PACKAGE).

YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH IN REGARDS OF THE DELIVERY AND THAT'S
SURPRISED ME. YOU ARE A VERY LUCKY AS I SHALL BE BRINGING IT MYSELF
AND NOTHING CAN STOP ME.

YOUR PACKAGE ( $5,000,000.00,) MUST BE REGISTERED AS AN AMBASSADORIAL
PACKAGE FOR ME TO DEFEAT AND CLEAR ALL ODDS AND THE COST OF
REGISTERING IT IS $200 USD .THE FEE MUST BE PAID IN THE NEXT 50 HOURS VIA
THROUGH ANY OPTIONS YOU WILL BE CHOOSE IN MAKING THE REQUESTED PAYMENT SO THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT CAN BE MADE BEFORE TIME WILL BE AGAINST US.


KEEP US URGENT POSTED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO ENABLE GIVE TO YOU OUR
PAYMENT RECEIVER'S NAME TO ENABLE PROCEED WITH THE NECESSARY
ARRANGEMENT HOW TO REGISTERED YOUR PACKAGE FOR QUICK DELIVERY OK.


EMAIL: ( maryus1beth@mail.ee )


TRULY,

AMBASSADOR MARY BETH LEONARD
U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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