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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: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <smithwillson10@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 13:55:02 +0100
Subject: FBI NEED SOLID PROOF FROM YOU BECAUSE OF THE FUND YOU ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE?

 
 
 
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON , D.C
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,NW WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20535-0001
ATTN: BENEFICIARY,
GOOD NEWS, WE HAVE A MEETING WITH   INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA OVER YOUR  LONG OVERDUE CONTRACT PAYMENT AND  WE INFORMED
 
THEM THAT YOUR FUND SHOULD NOT COST YOU ANYTHING BECAUSE IS YOUR MONEY WHICH WE FINALLY REACHED TO AGREEMENT YESTERDAY THAT ALL THE PAYMENT WILL BE  PAID VIA
 
ATM SMART CARD BEEN THE SIMPLEST WAY TO TRANSFER HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY TO AVOID COST OF TRANSFER AND OTHER STATUTORY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DOCUMENT LIKE
 
(UNITED STATES PATRIOT ACT ) WHICH WE STRETCHED TO HAVE A STRUNG AGREEMENT OVER THE PAYMENT THAT WILL COST YOU ONLY $98 USD ONLY FOR DELIVERY  OF YOUR ATM
 
SMART CARD VIA   UPS OR FEDEX DELIVERING COMPANY.
HOWEVER, YOU HAVE ONLY TWO WORKING DAYS TO SEND THIS $98 U.S. DOLLARS TO FEDEX OR UPS COURIER COMPANY FOR  DELIVERING OF YOUR CARD,IF WE DON’T HEAR FROM YOU
 
WITH THE PAYMENT INFORMATION; THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION WILL NOT  HESITATE BY GIVEN INSTRUCTION TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA TO CANCEL YOUR
 
PAYMENT THAT HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED IN ATM SMART CARD.
I WANT YOU TO READ BELOW CAREFULLY, THE NOTICE BELOW STAND AS CAUTION BEFORE IT IS LATE. FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION, YOU MUST BE CONSCIOUS OF THIS PROJECT, AS I
 
WILL SOON CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU, LET THIS STAND AS A WARNING BEFORE YOU  INCASE YOU RECEIVED  ANY E-MAILS, OR CALLS  REGARDING TO THIS FROM ANY
 
INDIVIDUALS CLAIMED TO BE ME,
OR E-MAILS, CALLS FROM ANY ORGANIZATION TO YOU, SUCH MUST BE FORWARDED  TO US IMMEDIATELY,IT MIGHT COME TO YOU WITH DIFFERENT PROPOSALS WITH DIFFERENT NAMES
 
INCLUDING MY NAME ASKING YOU TO COME AND CLAIM YOUR ESTATE OR EVEN FUNDS BELONGING TO YOU OR TO SOMEBODY YOU DO NOT KNOW, I URGE YOU TO IGNORE SUCH E-MAILS
 
OR CALLS, WHILE YOU FORWARD IT TO US. I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATION, AGAIN WITHOUT
 
THIS CODE (911) DON’T GET BACK TO THIS OFFICE.
MOREOVER, FIRST BATCH OF YOUR CARD WHICH CONTAINS 3,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS  HAS BEEN ACTIVATED AND IS THE TOTAL FUND LOADED INSIDE THE CARD. YOUR
 
FUND WHICH IS IN TOTAL 10,500.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS  WILL COME IN BATCHES OF 3,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS  AND THIS IS THE FIRST BATCH.
YOUR PAYMENT WOULD BE SENT TO YOU VIA UPS OR FEDEX, BECAUSE WE HAVE SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THEM WHICH SHOULD EXPIRED BY JUNE 30TH 2014. BELOW ARE FEW LIST OF
 
TRACKING NUMBERS YOU CAN TRACK FROM UPS WEBSITE(WWW.UPS.COM) TO CONFIRM PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO HAVE RECEIVED THEIR PAYMENT SUCCESSFULLY.
MOREOVER, THIS IS ANOTHER PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THERE PAYMENT THROUGH FEDEX WEBSITE (WWW.FEDEX.COM).
RICHARD AUTRY ============== 869713119185
GARY METZGER ============== 871363130860
MARK STUBBS ==============871363116168
HOWEVER, WE HEREBY ADVISED  YOU THAT BASED ON OUR RECOMMENDATION/INSTRUCTIONS, YOUR COMPLETE CONTRACT/INHERITANCE OVER-DUE FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED IMMEDIATELY
 
UPON YOUR CONTACT TO THE NEWLY APPOINTED PAYMENT OFFICER  THAT WILL HAND OVER YOUR CARD TO UPS COURIER COMPANY WITH THE PAYMENT FOR DELIVERY OF YOUR
 
PACKAGED. YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVISED TO CONTACT MR.SMITH WILSON APPOINTED  DIRECTOR ATM SWIFT CARD/FOREIGN OPERATION DEPT AND ASK HIM HOW CAN FORWARD THE
 
PAYMENT INFORMATION TO FEDEX OF UPS
COURIER COMPANY BELOW IS THE PAYMENT INFORMATION.
CONTACT PERSON:.MR.SMITH WILSON PRIVATE TELEPHONE +234-802-070-4160 AND EMAIL ADDRESS: (smithwillson10@outlook.com) YOU'RE ADVISED TO CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY
 
SO AS TO ENABLE HIM FACILITATE THE SPEEDY PROCESSING AND RELEASE OF YOUR DELIVERY SINCE IS THE ONLY $98 USD THAT IS KEEPING YOUR CARD THEIR IN AFRICA.
 
CONTACT HIM WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS BELOW:
NOTE: YOU'RE ADVISED TO FURNISH THE NEWLY APPOINTED PAYMASTER GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID DETAILS TO ENABLE HIM EXPEDITE SPEEDY
 
ACTION ON THE PROCESSING OF YOUR PAYMENT. WE EXPECT YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE TO THIS EMAIL TO ENABLE US MONITOR THIS PAYMENT DELIVERY  EFFECTIVELY THEREBY MAKING
 
CONTACT WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AS DIRECTED TO AVOID FURTHER DELAY.
YOU’RE ALSO EXPECTED TO FOLLOW HIS ADVICE AND DIRECTIVES TO AVOID DELAY IN RELEASING YOUR PAYMENT BECAUSE YOUR PAYMENT FILE HAS ALREADY BEEN MOVED TO HIS
 
OFFICE FOR PROCESSING AND VERIFICATION.
CONGRATULATIONS.
IN GOD WE TRUST.
YOURS IN SERVICE,
FBI DIRECTOR
ROBERT MUELLER III
FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION
 

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