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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 Investigation <officefile2012@zworg.com>
Reply-To: westernuniionpayment2013@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2018 08:18:20 -0700
Subject: INVESTIGATION OF YOUR FUND TRANSFER HAS BEING COMPLETED SO CONTACT
MR.JIM BALOGUN OF WESTERN UNION FOR IMMEDITE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND TO YOU.



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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI
WASHINGTON D.C ROOM,7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, DC 20535,

RE: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET

Attention: Customer

Please be informed that the federal bureau of investigation has
completed an investigation on the money transfer issue in which you
presently have with your present transaction agents.your transaction has
already been paid out to the internal revenue service of Nigeria whom
have presently placed an hold on your transaction due to failure to pay
the Nigeria government tax clearance for your funds.

According to the federal bureau of investigation, the real amount of
your money is $800,000 us dollars and it has been dispatched to the
Nigeria western union head office foreign operations manager "Mr.Jim
Balogun" whom is presently in-charge of your transaction. it has been
designated that the sum of $8,000 be paid to you daily using western
union money transfer, therefore your funds is presently with western
union and has been placed on hold.

Presently,the funds are in the western union system and once you have
paid the Nigeria tax clearance in the amount of $105, your funds will
not be released.you are required to pay the sum of $105 to the foreign
operations manager whom shall deposit to the Nigeria tax system directly
and once this has been completed, the money will then be changed into
your name and released for pay-out immediately.

In order to prove that your funds are in the western union system, i
would require that you go to their website and then click on the "check
transfer" or "transfer status", you will then be required to enter the
mtcn control number as well as the sender's name. kindly enter the
following information below:

Sender's first name: john
Sender's last name: frank
Mtcn------007-20-14-064
Amount:--- $8,000 usd

You cannot pick up the funds as of yet because the payment was not sent
to your name but an anonymous name, once you have paid the required $105
for the Nigeria tax clearance, the money will be released after 12 hours
and shall be made payable to you.please note that this is the only
required fee needed to complete your transaction, therefore you are
required to immediately proceed to a western union money transfer outlet
and then request to send $105 to the following information

below:

Receiver;--------OKONTA CHUKS
Country.---------Nigeria
Test question:---What for?
Answer:----------Release
Amount;----------$105

Once you have completed the western union transaction, you will be
required to call or send Mr.Jim an e-mail; with the following
information below:

Sender's first name:
Sender's last name:
10 digit mtcn control number given on receipt:
Sender's phone number:

Please send the above requested information to the following
information below:
Contact name: Mr.Jim Balogun
Contact phone number:+234 7068 583 413
E-mail;westernuniionpayment2013@gmail.com

If you are able to send the $105 immediately, the receiver's name on
the money transfer will be changed into your name and immediately be
ordered for release in only 12 hours. therefore, kindly proceed towards
completing your transaction and send Mr.Jim Balogun with required
information.

Thanks
James B. Comey
Washington d.c room,7367
J. Edgar hoover FBI building
935 Pennsylvania avenue,
NW Washington, dc 20535
Foreign transfer investigations unit.

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