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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 <victoriamaryonyedirim@gmail.com>
Reply-To: us.ambassadornig_2020@aol.com
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2021 21:20:42 +0100
Subject: GOOD NEWS

UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA
PLOT 1075 DIPLOMATIC DRIVE
CENTRAL DISTRICT AREA, ABUJA
(https://ng.usembassy.gov/our-relationship/our-ambassador/)


DEAR: LUCKY BENEFICIARY,

CONGRATULATIONS:

This is to inform you that After an official meeting held on Friday
the 24th of September 2021 with the President of Nigeria President
MUHAAMEDU BUHARI and the Minister of Finance ZAINAB SHAMSUNA AHMED
concerning unpaid and Unclaimed funds to foreign Beneficiaries who has
been scammed by the Nigerian Impostor, I was very much annoyed when I
found out from the payment records that your fund is yet to be
received by you after so much money you have paid, for this reason I
have decided to help your personally get your fund.

I am Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard, the present U.S Ambassador to
Nigeria. I shall be coming to your country by Next week for an
official meeting and I will be bringing your fund of US$15.5 million
(Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only)
which the Federal Ministry of Finance has already sign and approved on
your Name for a compensation to your losses to the Nigerian Impostors.
I shall be coming along with your fund (Cheque) through the United
States Diplomatic Mission to your Country. This time I will not go
through customs because as U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, I am a U.S
Government agent and I have the veto power to go through Customs.

NOTE, I have helped Three Beneficiaries from United State of America
and Greece this month to get their funds released to them without any
problem and you are the first person I will be helping next month. The
Three Beneficiaries who has already receive their fund through my
assistance last month are bellow

Mrs. Antonio Smith---------- Maryland USA
Mr. Keld Helmuth ------------Florida USA
Mr. Vasileios Patilas -------- Thessaloniki Greece

I am giving you 100% assurance that you are going to receive yours
fund once you are ready to follow my instruction and also meet up with
the requirement. Base on that you are to send me your bellow
information for the delivery of your fund as soon as I am done with my
meeting. Your details required are bellow.

1. Your full Name;
2. Address where you want me to bring the Cheque.
3. Phone Number

I know quite well from your record file that you have really paid so
much on this delivery that makes me wonder you are a very lucky person
because this time I shall be bringing it myself and there is nothing
anyone can do about it. Your parcel ($15.5 million USD) must be
registered as an Ambassadorial Parcel which will help me defeat all
odds. The cost of registering the Parcel is $250 as paid by order
beneficiaries who received their fund recently. The fee must be paid
in the next 72 hours via Western Union or Money Gram for all the
necessary arrangement to be made before Next week which I will be
coming for the meeting. You are to contact my secretary with the
information below for the registration of the Cheque.

Contact Name: Mr. Paul rochers
Contact Email: officep627@gmail.com
Call Phone No: +234-802-391-2337
Whatsapp No: +234-812-283-9020

Please contact my secretary with his information stated above for the
payment of the $250 for the registration of the Cheque. Meanwhile as
soon as I arrive to your country, I will give you a call so that
immediately I finished with my meeting I will be coming to your
address to take you to your Bank to deposit the Cheque with all the
approved papers of the Fund before I leave.


YOURS SINCERELY,
AMBASSADOR MARY BETH LEONARD,
UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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