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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: "Cornelis Pieter" <info@ambassador.org>
Reply-To: mrsuchen5@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2021 14:50:49 -0700
Subject: Proper Directive.

Attn: Sir/Madam,

From the office of America Ambassador to Netherlands.

Have you received your ATM Card yet? The United Nation in Colaboration with the Europian Union and World health Organization has concluded that due to the global pandemic setback in verious firm and sector and also scam victims.

They have made the conclusion that a roundom amount of $850,000 United state dollars only should be pay to each of this victim both scam victim and coronavirus survival. Remember that we have our own list of victim on both side in our system.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in colaboration with the world health(W.H) and Europian Union(E.U) and FBI have ordered that the money recovered from the scammers to be shared among 1,000 still living human who were able to survive the scam shocked and Coronal virus outbreak around the world as a compensation.

At this poin, you are advised to get back to me for a proper direction on how you will received your ATM Card. Note: Due to the high level of emails received in our mailbox. A Delivery fee of your ATM Card will be required to pay by you. Indicate your full name and country name in your reply to enable us look into our system properly. Please delete this massage if you have received it mistakenly. Expecting your response.

Regards,
Cornelis Pieter.

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