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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 Mary Beth Leonard <zenithtransfer123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kasumuchambers@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 15:50:56 +0100
Subject: CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY


Attn; Beneficiary,



I am Mrs. Mary Beth Leonard, U.S.A Ambassador to Nigeria. With
reference to your entitlement fund and in line with the CHANGE OF
BENEFICIARY'S APPLICATION, signed by Mrs. Glenda F. Ward with your
purported authorization. This issue has been carefully examined and we
have declined Mrs. Ward's application as the application lacks regular
signature. But did you ever instruct Mrs. Glenda F. Ward to claim your
fund worth US$7.000.000? Below is the bank account information
provided by Mrs. Glenda F. Ward saying that you authorized her to
claim your fund that you are terminally ill.



Bank of America
Benf: N Micheal Igboalisi
ACCT: 586025513245
Routing: 111000025
Bank Address 9711 Bissonnet St. Houston, Tx 77036



If you had not authorized the change of your bank account in respect
to your outstanding entitlement Payment, therefore notify me
immediately as the notification / declaration was supported with a
sworn affidavit from Lagos high court ref: ilk /jj/202/k2015, dated
9th November 2020 and signed by Mrs. Glenda Ward who claim and stated
in the sworn declaration that you authorized her to claim the said
fund on your behalf to a different bank account in the U.S.A as stated
above because you were terminally ill and the Doctor who is in charge
of your case stated that you will not stay more than one Month before
passing away.



This development has caused lots of discrepancies in your payment file that
is why we had to suspend your payment and are prompted to contact you
directly before re-validating your payment. You can be rest assured that I
will do everything within my capacity to successfully actualize the quick
transfer of your fund to any of your nominated bank accounts.



Kindly get back to me through Bar. Kasumu as soon as possible so that he
will direct you on what to do with these details,
Full name..........................................
Date of birth.......................................
Postal/address....................................
Sex......................................................
Nationality......................................…
Occupation.........................................
.Mobile telephone.................................
Office number..................................…
Valid Scanned copy of your ID...................


Statement of Confidentiality/Privacy: the information in this email
and in any attachment contains confidential information and is
intended solely for the attention and use of the named addressee(s).
It may not be disclosed to any person without authorization. If you
are not the intended recipient, or a person responsible for delivering
it to the intended recipient you are not authorized to and must not
disclose, copy, distribute or retain this message or any part of it.


Sincerely Yours
Ambassador Mary Beth Leonard
U.S Ambassador

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