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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 <tntuse1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ambassadorstuart2016@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2022 06:49:18 -0700
Subject: Office of the US Ambassador to Nigeria.

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Office of the US Ambassador to Nigeria
11 Garki road Abuja
Abuja, Nigeria.

Attention: Beneficiary,

I am much convinced that you had bitter experience with various
scammers claiming to be high government Officials, Bank Directors and
thereby defrauding people their hard earned money, the activities of
these scammers has changed your perspective about conducting business
on the internet and you now believed

Well I am American and the internet was created by Americans for the
purpose of creating, awareness for your products/ services and
conducting genuine business with ease. I am fully committed to deliver
the diplomatic consignment to you. I am a full citizen of the United
States but I was on a mission here in Nigeria as a US Ambassador to
Nigeria. Hence, I am making every effort to ensure that no citizen of
the United States/Europ are been cheat. Therefore, I need your utmost
support and understanding to actualize this dream. I also want you to
understand that I do trust you and I expect you to show me the same
trust and respect in return since trust is a 2-way street. On the
other hand, trust is a relationship of reliance. Trust also means
being able to predict what other people will do and what situations
will occur.

I shall be sending your ATM CARD worth of ($1.5, MILLION UNITED STATE
DOLLARS) Via Courier Service. (Send your whats app number and the
address where you want your ATM CARD) to be delivered. You have really
paid so much in this delivery that makes me wonder. You are a very
lucky person because your CARD must surely gets to you and there is
nothing anyone can do about it, your ATM CARD must be registered and
the cost of registering it is $150.

Contact me immediately for the registration fee which is $150 only.

Await your urgent reply.

Thank you,
Mary Beth Leonard,
Us Ambassador To Nigeria.

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