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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 James Entwistle <office.office284@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Ambassador James Entwistle <offi00868@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 09:24:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: RE


 United States Consulate General Lagos2 Walter Carrington CrescentVictoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria.Tel No: +234 9027181015
Attention,

My name is James F. Entwistle,I was sworn in as the Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria on October 28, 2013. From 2010-13 I served as U.S. Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. As a career member of the Senior Foreign Service (Minister Counselor) I served as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand from July 2007 until June 2010. From 2003-06,I served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Colombo, Sri Lanka with simultaneous accreditation to Maldives.

I joined the Foreign Service in January, 1981. I served in Yaounde, Douala and Niamey from 1981-86. From 1986-90 I was a watch officer in the Bureau of Intelligence and Research and the desk officer for Kenya and Uganda in the Bureau of African Affairs. From 1991-94,I headed the Refugee Assistance Unit at Embassy Bangkok with extensive travel to Cambodia. After serving as Deputy Chief of Mission in Bangui 1994-95, I worked in the Bureau of Consular Affairs in the Department until his assignment as Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 1999-2003.

I am a graduate of Davidson College in North Carolina. my foreign languages are French and Thai. I am married to Pamela G. Schmoll. and we have two children. My identity can be verified by simply clicking on the URL link below:

http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html
However, following the resolution of the meeting held with His Excellency President Good-luck Ebele Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday with some members of the Federal House of Senate,an agreement was reached that the sum of $1,500,000.00 USD must be paid out to you in the form of a compensation for all the years you have wasted in waiting for your funds to be released.

Since i am having an official meeting with my government comes next week i decided to bring the package to your home and deliver them to you in cash. My first flight will land at Washington DC, before i take another trip to your destination.

You are urged as well to provide me your current telephone numbers to call you as soon as i get to U.S, possible you reconfirm your present address or where you want me to meet with you to hand you over the package. I believe that after reading my website you will understand more about me, you can as well call me on my cell numbers to talk more, but try as much as possible to send the fees so that i can have your package registered as an ambassadorial package to avoid all odds. I give you my word that you will receive your fund as soon as possible.

The fee should me sent directly to the "Embassy Protocol Officer" with the below information:

RECEIVER'S NAME ------------- IWEKA VICTOR
RECEIVER'S ADDRESS -------- LAGOS NIGERIA
TEXT QUESTION ----- IN GOD
TEXT ANSWER ------- WE TRUST
AMOUNT---------- $155 USD
MTCN NO:.......................?
SENDER'S NAME:.................?
SENDER'S LOCATION:..............?

Congratulations!!!
Respectfully yours,
James F. EntwistleUS Ambassador to NigeriaTEL NO: +234 9027181015Email: offi00868@hotmail.comWebsite: Ambassador | United States Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria

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