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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: "Mr. Edwards Ellis" <seacoastonlinebank@gmail.com>
Reply-To: edwardsellis718@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2021 15:25:44 -0800
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

This is Mr. Edwards Ellis the Former United States Ambassador to the

Federal Republic of Nigeria, I came down here in Abuja-Nigeria for an

ECO WAS meeting and I was searching for some files that I left in this

office before I left and found out that you have not received your

fund, and I asked the present ambassador Mary Beth Leonard what

happened that you have not receive your fund and she said that you

refused to pay the required fee for the delivery of your ATM CARD.

I'm contacting you this morning because the director of the ATM CARD

center here in Nigeria said that they will deliver your ATM CARD to the

Government Treasury just because you cannot pay for the service fee of

your ATM CARD which is $200 only according to them.But I told them to

wait until I hear from you today so that I will know the reason why

you rejected such amount of money $10.5M which will change your life

just because of $200 .which will cover up every expenses and ease the

fast delivery of your consignment.

I want your urgent response as soon as you receive this email and

explain to me the reason why you have abandon your ATM CARD because of

$200 which will cover up every expenses and ease the fast delivery

of your consignment. But if you don't need it then I can change your

name to another person so that this Government will not claim this

money but I know that you will love to have it.

therefore i had acquire all the legal documents from a very high

respected authority (Federal Ministry of Finance) and they had granted

me a fund release order and ownership certificate of the fund in your

favor. Mr. Edwards Ellis Former United States Ambassador is writing to

bring to your Notice that today the Ministry of Finance has approved

your ATM CARD.the $200 only which will cover up every expenses and

ease the fast delivery of your consignment.and you have to send the

$200 today by World Remit and that is only money you have to send for

you to receive your ATM CARD.that contain the sum of $10.5 million

dollars in next 4 days the $200 which will cover up every expenses you

need to do and ease the fast delivery of your consignment.

Please my dear I want to help you to receive this fund because it was

a big shock to me that you have not receive your ATM CARD and withdraw

your money for years now and I'm very sorry for that and you will

receive your fund before the end of this meeting which will take us 4

days and I will be here to monitor it until you receive your fund. Mr.

Edwards Ellis the Former United States Ambassador to the United the

director of the ATM CARD center here in Nigeria

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full details.


1) FULL NAMES: .........................

2) DELIVERY ADDRESS:..............

3) PHONE NUMBER....................

4) COUNTRY:...............................


Best Regards,
Mr. Edwards Ellis
From United States Former Ambassador to the Republic of Nigeria
Direct line: +1 409 344 5863
PHONE: +234-8086174702
Email: edwardsellis718@gmail.com

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