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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: "Mrs. Melissa Lewis" <linda@noos.fr>
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:23:44 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AS REGARDS MRS. MELISSA LEWIS





FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
WASHINGTON DC. ROOM 7367J.
EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON DC 20535
Email: fbinvestigations@admin.in.th
Tel:1 253 200 45 45
Fax:1 255 200 348!



ATTENTION....


Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), Has discovered through our intelligence Monitoring Network (I.M.N) here in this Department of investigations, that you have an ongoing transaction regarding funds transfer of a huge amount and we were notified by Metro Politan Police that these funds where given out to you.

Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), in conjunction with the Government Monitory Organization, Has screened through our various Monitoring Networks concerning fraud and have being confirmed and notified that the transaction you have is Legal and you have the Lawful Right to proceed further with such transaction.

We advise you not to go ahead with them as we are monitoring all their services and networks. Be advised also that any other letter, forwarded to you from any other organization or body from UK, it should be forwarded immediately to this Department so we can trace the address of the sender. The United Kingdom Government, United States Of America and Canadian Government have spent over Ten million USD Dollars to make sure these scammers are brought before the law. They are still ready to spend more just to make sure they are brought to records.

You are hereby advised not to proceed with the transferring bank until we give you the go ahead. Follow their instructions while you keep us updated for more details. You are advised to contact the necessary office for more details.Failure for you to acknowledge the receipt of this mail, necessary actions will be taking immediately.

Kindly inform to this office via email the transaction you have had so far, endeauvour to send the below information.



Transferring Bank

Acountant incharge of the transfer:

Amount to be transferred:

Amount paid so far:

Do you think what you are doing is legal or not?


Thanks for your co-operation as we await your response. MAKE SURE YOU DO NOT CLICK REPLY ON THIS EMAIL BECAUSE WE WILL NOT GET IT RATHER SEND AN EMAIL TO
fbinvestigations@admin.in.th

Robert S. Mueller, III











Yours sincerely,

Robert Mueller.

Executive Director

FBI.


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