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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 OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbispecialfundtracker@f-mail.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 10:54:36 +0100
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)


Attn: Dear Beneficiary

WARNING !! WARNING !!! WARNING !!! WARNING !!!!

YOUR WILL BE ASSURED BY THESE CON MEN FROM NIGERIA THAT !
1: YOU WON MILLIONS
2:THE DEAL IS 100% LEGAL
3:ALL DOCUMENTS WILL PROVE THAT THE DEAL IS LEGAL AND EXECUTED BY YOU
4:THE INHERITANCE IS YOURS OF WHICH YOU NEVER KNEW OF
5: ALL IT TAKES IS FOR YOU TO SECURE THIS OR THAT FUNDS FOR
THIS DOCUMENT BY PAYING A LITTLE FEE.


BUT BE REST ASSURED THAT THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW WILL CATCH
UP WITH YOU AND THESE IMPOSTORS.


WE are agents to the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI),
We are writing in response to our track light monitoring device which we
received today in our office about the illegal transactions that you have been involved in for a long time now.

We understand from our General investigations that some con men from
Nigeria has been ripping you off your hard earned money with the
pretense of dealing with ATM CARD Company and a diplomat that will deliver a Card or cash to you
as stated in our record here.

We also got a complain from our German counterpart the anti fraud unit stating that your
identity/information's was used to dupe a German Business man to the
tune of $4 Million USD by some Nigerian Fraudsters which you have
been in contact with for some time now.

The German Government has ordered for your urgent arrest regarding the
crimes that was committed with your name by these con men from Nigeria,after all the series of investigations conducted here in our office we tracked your record and
we found out that you have never been jailed or had any fraudulent case
that may jeopardize your image and personality.

Though these information's are on record, but the issue of your name and identity being used will be used against you in the world court when this case will be brought
by the German Govt and the German Anti fraud unit . The Nigerian Government has made available the sum of$2 Million Usd to persecute this case.



So all you need to do right now in other to clear your name from the
list of these con men which has already been forwarded to our office is to
secure the CLEAN BILL CERTIFICATE immediately.

This Certificate will then clear your name from the scam list which will
then enable you be you will then benefit from the $1 Million Usd
compensation funds for all victims of scam .

You are required to forward to us your private contact number for oral
communications and don't forget that you will be given 5 working days to
secure the CLEAN BILL CERTIFICATE or you will face the law and its
consequences.


Don't forget that all your properties will be confiscated prior to the
arrest till you are proved innocent because it will be believed that you got them from
fraudulent and dubious business transactions like the one that you are
in right now.

We have forwarded a copy of this information's to all the states crime
agencies including,

National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

CrimTrac Agency, Canberra,

Crime and Corruption Commission

Crime and Misconduct Commission

Home Land Security Service.

Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

Nigerian Local Metropolitan Police (NLMP)


Your e-mail address is now under our e-mail track monitor, so you
should make sure that you don't respond to any e-mail that is being
sent to you from anybody or organization that claims to be working for
the Nigeria Government/Bank or any inheritance that you never knew of.

Never you forward any part of our contact with you to the con men and
seize all further communication with any ATM CARD Company or the main
impostor using diplomat and diplomatic cover acting for the release of the funds to you.

Forward the information's/documents that was forwarded to you by those
criminals that you have been in contact with for a long time now.

Get back to us as soon as you receive this e-mail so that we can guild
you on how to secure the Certificate within 72hours.

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

Thanks as I wait for your response

Respectively
RICHARD ANDERSON
FBI SPECIAL AGENT

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