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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 <ebubeanyaorah23@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.edwardsellis@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 22:50:09 +0100
Subject: From United States Former Ambassador to the Republic of Nigeria

I'm contacting you this morning because the director of the ATM CARD center
here in Nigeria said that they will diver your ATM CARD to the Government
Treasury just because you cannot pay for the service fee of your ATM CARD
which is $250.00. 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 $250.00.


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 $250.00. 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.


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.


Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full details.


1) FULL NAMES:
2) DELIVERY ADDRESS:
3) PHONE NUMBER
4) COUNTRY
5) YOUR ID
6) AGE/SEX


Mr. Edwards Ellis
( mr.edwardsellis@gmail.com )
From United States Former Ambassador to the Republic of Nigeria

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