419 scam: "Federal Bureau Of Investigation"<fbi20@wuesthoff-niesporek.homepage.t-online.de> From Fbi Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "tax clearance" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "robert mueller" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real FBI will not tell you to contact some email address. If you are in any doubt, contact an FBI field office via www.fbi.gov. )
- "tax clearance" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Federal Bureau Of Investigation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmedsule11@voila.fr>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:56:48 -0800
Subject: From Fbi Headquarters In Washington, D.C.

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary 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

ATTENTION:

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I) write to you in correspondence to the meeting we recently had with the United State Government and President Barrack Obama on the ERADICATION of MONEY LAUNDRY AND TERRORIST. President Barrack Obama has other the Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington, DC in conjunction with some other relevant Investigation Agencies like Internal Revenue Service here in the United states of America have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network to ARREST those who are involve in a Nigerian, claiming links with Al Qaeda, set off a small explosion on board a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Christmas Day.

Your name has also been included in the list of MONEY LAUNDRY AND TERRORIST and no one is above the law and we can not allow anyone to bring shame to our country, we therefore forward your name and information including your picture to the office of the Presidency. President Barrack Obama has ordered us to arrest everyone that is involved. Nigerian attempts to blow up US plane claims link to Al Qaeda (Evening Lead) Evening Lead) For more information's vist this website: ttp://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/world-news/nigerian-attempts-to-blow-up-us-plane-claims-link-to-al -qae da-evening-leadevening-lead_

The best you can do is to forward to us the bellow certificate.

i) FBI IDENTIFICATION RECORD

2) TAX CLEARANCE

You are to submit the above certificate to us so it could be forwarded to the office of the President to tells you earned the fund legally and not of MONEY LAUNDRY AND TERRORIST or for sponsoring TERRORIST. For your information, you have only 3 working days to provide the certificate otherwise you will be arrested. Note that the person you will contact to get the certificate is Donald Hanson, we are now ready to take up this case to any level because we cannot seat down and watch not only foreigners but also our own citizens to involve in illegal action, especially in MONEY LAUNDRY AND TERRORIST.

Be warned and don’t fail to get back to us immediately otherwise you will hear our knock on your door step with hand-cuff, on your return message we will give you the email address and telephone number of Donald Hanson so that you can contact him for the issuance of the certificate.

We look forward to hear from you today.

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

ROBERT MUELLER

WASHINGTON DC

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary 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

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