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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: FBI OFFICE <"ADC."@clock.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Agent Josh <agent_josh04@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2017 20:48:25 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NOTICE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATION (FBI)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
HEADQUARTERS.
935 Pennsylvania Ave NW,
Washington, DC 20535, USA.
E-MAIL fbi.gov0012@usa.com

NOTICE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATION (FBI)

Attn Recipient:

Good day, this is Jackson Josh from Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI), we received a call yesterday from IMF West Africa stating that your fund have been cancelled due to your inability to provide the requirements, in our conversation with the director he stated that the fund have overstayed in his custody that he will not bear the consequence of any lost that happens to the fund, he finalized by saying we the United State Government should come and take control of the fund.

We are sorry, only little or none, will America government help you in this case because the fund in question is not under America but Africa.

Now we would like to know your opinion in this transaction, in what aspect do you think United State Government can help you?
Your immediate response can be much helpful to you.

Thanks
Agent Josh (FBI)
862 955 2836

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