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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 W. STUART SYMINGTON" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: <ambassadorsymington_office@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:16:45 +0200
Subject: U.S AMBASSADOR FUND NOTIFICATION

U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AREA, ABUJA
 
 
                                              FROM THE US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
 
 
ATTN: BENEFICIARY,
 
BE INFORMED THAT I HAVE RESOLVED WITH THE NIGERIA PRESIDENCY TO DELIVER THE SUM OF (USD$1.5M) BEING THE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FUND PAYMENT.
 
I SHALL BE COMING TO YOUR STATE FOR AN OFFICIAL MEETING BY NEXT WEEK WITH YOUR CONSIGNMENT CONTAINING THE FUND WHICH HAS BEEN PACKAGED AND SEALED IN YOUR FAVOR BUT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CUSTOMS BECAUSE IMMUNITY COVERING ME AS AN US AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, I AM A US GOVERNMENT AGENT AND I HAVE THE VETO POWER TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS WITHOUT ANY VERIFICATION.I AM SCHEDULED TO HAVE A BRIEF MEETING WITHIN THE SECRETARY OF STATES BY NEXT WEEK.
 
YOU SHOULD SEND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND YOUR DELIVERY HOUSE ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE CONSIGNMENT PACKAGE. YOU HAVE REALLY PAID SO MUCH AS I WAS MADE TO UNDERSTAND AND THAT IS WHY I PERSONALLY HAVE DECIDED TO INTERVENED AFTER THE G8 MEETING WITH VARIOUS COUNTRY GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. YOU ARE A VERY LUCKY PERSON BECAUSE I SHALL BE BRINGING IT MYSELF AND THERE IS NOTHING ANYONE CAN DO ABOUT IT.
 
YOUR CONSIGNMENT BOX (USD$1.5M} MUST BE REGISTERED AS AN AMBASSADORIAL PACKAGE WITH THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT WHICH STAND AS AN EVIDENCE/AGREEMENT BETWEEN BOTH PARTIES ALSO TO ENABLE ME DEFEAT ALL ODDS AND THE COST OF REGISTERING IT IS $580.00 USD ONLY AND MUST BE PAID IN THE NEXT 72 HOURS VIA MONEY GRAM TRANSFER SO THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT CAN BE MADE AVAILABLE BEFORE TIME WILL BE AGAINST US.
 
YOU SHOULD SEND THE FEE IN THE NAME OF THE REGISTRATION OFFICER ( MR. PETER MIKE) WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION THROUGH MONEY GRAM TRANSFER FOR FASTER CONFIRMATION.
 
RECEIVER'S NAME:....................PETER MIKE
ADDRESS:.............................. LAGOS, NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION:....................... IN GOD?
ANSWER:.............................. WE TRUST.
AMOUNT: ..............................USD$580.00
SENDER NAME AND ADDRESS.
 
MY TRIP WILL BE BY MID WEEK AND I EXPECT YOU TO COMPLY BEFORE THEN SO THAT THE DELIVERY CAN BE COMPLETED. IF YOU DO NOT COMPLY, THEN IT WILL BE  YOUR FAULT FOR NOT RECEIVING YOUR CONSIGNMENT PACKAGE.
 
AS SOON AS YOU SEND THE FEE MAKE SURE YOU SEND ME THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.I SHALL SEND MY FLIGHT SCHEDULE TO YOU.
ACCESS MY WEBSITE AND READ BIOGRAPHY:
 
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Stuart_Symington_(diplomat)
 
EMAIL: { ambassadorsymington_office@aol.com }
 
TRULY,
AMBASSADOR W. STUART SYMINGTON
U.S AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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