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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: "Robert S. Mueller III" <fbirobertmueller20s09@live.com>
Reply-To: <fbirobertmueller2009@live.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 11:57:59 -0800
Subject: [SPAM-AVG] Sorry for the delay.

J. EDGAR. HOOVER BUILDING WASHINGTON D.C.
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001

TEL/FAX 202 386 6756
Website: www.fbi.gov

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.


In that case i will be waiting and meanwhile go ahead and send the fee for approval slip of your ATM Card $10.5M USD in your name, then visit me in my office today or tomorrow Because i dont think i have time for this childish play in this matter as you yours self knows my position. I'm Robert S. Mueller Dir. FBI.

So i advise you to co-operate with Mr. Kelvin Williams give him a maximum attention and follow his instruction to you and make the payment of $570 USD for the Approval Slip of your ATMCard.

As soon as he receive the fee from you, he will proceed towards delivery of the ATM CARD $10.5M USD without any further delay. Therefore i want you to go straight to the western union money transfer or Money Gram and send the fee $570 to Mr. Kelvin Williams. Using this payment information name and address bellow to send the fee to the agent Mr. Mike Okafor.

Bank Name: Union Bank

Bank Manager Name: Mr. Kelvin Williams

Email: kelvinwilliams06@sify.com





THE PAYMENTINFORMATION:



Receiver's Name: Mike Okafor.

Address: Lagos-Nigeria.

Text of Question: Colour

Answer: Blue

Amount: $570

Mtcn:



Send the MTCN number with the payment information’s to the Agent Mr. Kelvin Williams Email, and inform us immediately.


You are authorized/guaranteed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation to commence towards completing this transaction, there will be no delay once payment for the Approval Slip is made to the authorized agent.


Once you have completed payment of $570 to the agent in charge of this transaction contact us back for more investigation for conformation of your ATM card $10.5M USD. The both offices are working 24hours to get this project complete.

Please get back to Mr. Kelvin Williams email right away.

Federal Bureau Investigation


Robert S. Mueller III
Director, FBI

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