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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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Fraud email example:

From: "From FBI" <rev.mikekin70007@globomail.com>
Reply-To: <rev.mikekin7000@globomail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 05:38:04 -0800
Subject: From Director Federal Bureau of Investigation . [Scanned]

FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/directmain.htm
Tel/Fax:866 519 5127
 
REF: US/28028/8A28/12
 
 
Attention:scam victims
 
This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally have the sum of One Million Eight Hundred Thousands British Pounds(£1.8 million GB Pounds),from United Nations office in London as a scam victims compensation funds.
 
During our investigation we discovered that your name is among the scam victims and we have authorized this compensation funds to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
 
Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local banks.
 
We have successfully notified this United Nation office in London on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the London UK so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of £1.8 GBP million Pounds,has been deposited with Bank of England London UK.
 
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the compensation prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at  Bank of England London UK you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the United Nations Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in manChester,United Kingdom.
 
According to our discoveries,you were required to pay for the following -Deposit Fee's (Fee's paid by the Organization  for the deposit into an British Bank which is - Bank of England UK) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee (Fee for converting the Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check) The total amount for everything is £450 GBP (Four Hundred and Fifty Pounds) We have tried our possible best to indicate that this £450 GBP should be deducted from your compensation funds but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank of England and cannot be accessed by anyone except the legal owner (you), the victims; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram Transfer.
 
In order to proceed with this transaction and receiver your Certified Cashier's Check, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge (REV,MIKE KIN) via e-mail.
 
Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
 
CONTACT AGENT NAME:REV,MIKE KIN
 
E-MAIL:(rev.mikekin7000@globomail.com)
 
TELEPHONE:+447035905375 (OR)+447035905379
 
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
 
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER:
 
You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required £450 GBP in order to immediately ship your compensation funds of £1.8 million GB Pounds via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank of England UK,and also include the following Fund Reference Identification Number:EA2948-2012.
 
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required £450 GBP ONLY to REV,MIKE KIN via information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your compensation funds of £1.8 million GB Pounds we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of £3,000 GBP which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The United Nations office in London).
 
Thanks,
 
Mr.Robert S.Mueller III
Director Federal Bureau of Investigation

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