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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 TERENCE P.McCULLEY." <mju---487@att.net>
Reply-To: ambmcgene@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:02:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: UNITED STATE OF AMERICA AMBASSADOR




My Dear,

Please stop every other communication you are making with anyone regard to your payment. One of the beneficiary that receive their fund last week make me to understand what is going on hear and how you will receive your fund , any amount above USD$1MILLION is been difficult to transfer outside London, especially when the fund has no approved transfer coverage from the country.

Please work on my instruction. I hereby advice you to contact the New appointed Director Telex Department Barclays Bank of London (Mr. Robert Gan) that is attached to the USA AMBASSADOR, specially for Foreign Contract and Inheritance Payments who has been paying contractor whom their file has similar problem with yours. Her payment was made possible due to the relationship of Mr. Robert Gan, Due contact Mr. Robert Gan on his Private Email:
mr.robertgan@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: + 447011133858

Pls don’t ever mention my name before him because that is his personal deal with Foreign Contractors that has such problem in their file. Tell him that his contacts were given to you by a foreign contractor Mrs. Edward from USA who his just paid on 14th of Mar 2011, I believe that you will never neglect this my effort upon the receipt of these your overdue payment for one good turn deserves another.

Forward to me your day to day activities with Mr. Robert Gan to enable me guide you accordingly. Please try and contact Mr. Robert Gan before the end of today, a lot of beneficiaries have received their fund through him without spending any money, so I want you to be among the lucky once, so contact him, with this information below, to enable him work on your payment file immediately.

Full Name:
Full Address:
Tel Number:
Mobile Number:
Private Email:
Occupation:
Country of Origin:
Marital Status:
Age:
Sex:

don’t forget to tell him that you are from Mrs. Edward.

THANKS,
Yours faithfully,
AMBASSADOR TERENCE P.McCULLEY.
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA AMBASSADOR
TELEPHONE NUMBER +447731722646
Web: http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html

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