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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: " Attorney Uzzell (Esq.)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lam0@live.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:04:19 -0700
Subject: Robert S. Mueller III 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington

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:206-337-3637,206-338-2522
Direct Tel(Hotline:+19402380671)
Fax:206-337-4143
www.fbi.gov





Attention Fund Beneficiary,

This is an official advice from the FBI Foreign Remittance Telegraphic Dept, It Has Come To Our Notice That The BankS Nigeria Has Released Funds into the United States valued at 30 Million U.S Dollars Into Bank Of America In Your Name as a Beneficiary, reflecting that you have funds generated from Inheritance,lottery Winnings,Payment For Contacts Executed and Charity givings.

The Banks Knowing Fully Well That They Do Not Have Enough Facilities To Effect This Payment From The United Kingdom To Your Account, Used What We Know As A Secret Diplomatic Transit Payment S.T.D.P To Pay This Fund Through Wire Transfer, They Used This Means To Complete The Payment.

These letter serves as notification of the present transaction confirmed in your name, on our research and investigations as a mode of operation with the FBI Banking Commission, we investigated a fresh transfer what of million dollars as mentioned above in your name. The funds are undergoing proper verifications to proof the legitimacy of the transaction, you are to provide all the legal documents to back up the transaction and clear all requirements on your behalf.

They Are Still, Waiting For Confirmation From You On The Already Transferred Funds Which Was Made In Direct Transfer So That They Can Do Final Crediting To Your Account. Secret Diplomatic Payments Are Not Made Unless The Funds Are Related To Terrorist Activities Why Must Your Payment Be Made In Secret Transfer, If Your Transaction Is Legitimate And If You Are Not A Terrorist, Then Why Did You Not Receive The Money Directly Into Your Account, This Is A Pure Coded ,Means Of Payment? Records Which We Have Had With This Method Of Payment In The Past Has Always Been Related To Terrorist Acts, We Do Not Want You To Get Into Trouble As Soon As These Funds Reflect In Your Account In The U.S.A, So It Is Our Duty As A Word Wide Commission To Correct This Little Problem Before This Fund Will Be Credited Into Your Personal Account. The funds are presently on hold for further proof of the legal documents before releasing directly to you.

Now Bear In Mind that Due To The Increased Difficulty And Unnecessary Scrutiny By The American Authorities(Our Government When Funds Come From Outside Of America, precisely Africa, The FBI Commission For Africa Has Stopped The Transfer On Its Way To Deliver Payment Of 15 Million GBP. EQV. 30 Million US Dollars To Debit Your Reserve Account And Pay You Through A Secured Diplomatic TransitAccount (S.D.T.A). We Govern Overseas Funds Transfer For The World Bank And The Rest Of The World.

We Advice You Contact Us Immediately, As The Funds Have Been Stopped And Are Being Held In Our Custody ,Until You Can Be Able To Provide Us With A Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(Dist) Within 72 hours From The World Local Bank That Authorize The Transfer From Where The Funds Was Transferred From To Certify That The Funds That You Are About To Receive From Nigeria Are Antiterrorist/Drug Free or Money Laundering Or We Shall Have Cause To Cross And Impound The Payment, We Shall Release The Funds Immediately We Receive This Legal Documents.

We have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper verifications and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive this fund, because of the amount involve, we want to make sure is a clean and legal money you are about to receive. Be informed that the fund are now in United State in your name , but right now we have ask the bank where funds are right now not to release the fund to anybody that comes to them , unless we ask them to do so, because we have to carry out our investigations first before releasing the fund to you.


We have ask them not to credit the fund to you yet, because we need a solid proof and verifications from you before releasing the funds, this you will do by providing us a copy of theDiplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer Certificate(D.I.S.T)

So to this regards you are to re-assure and proof to us that what you are about to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) to satisfy to us that the money your about to receive is legitimate and real money. You are to forward the documents to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if you don't have it let us know so that we will direct and inform you where to obtain the document and send to us so that we will ask the bank holding the funds the Bank Of America to go ahead Crediting your account immediately.

This Documents are to be issued to you from the United States Counsular Service In Nigeria that Authorized and approved the transfer, so get back to us immediately if you don't have the document so that we will inform you the particular place to obtain the document in Nigeria and how to obtain this secured certified document, because we have come to realize that the fund was Authorized by Banks in Nigeria .

THESE CONDITION IS Valid For 72 Hours from the day you recieve this message:

WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELING THE
PAYMENT AND THEN CHARGE YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING FUNDS OUT OF NIGERIA FOR THE AIM OF SPONSORING TERRORISM AND DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MONEY LAUNDERING ATTEMPTS.

GUARANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT.

Final Instruction:
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60-Credit Payment Instruction: Irrevocable Credit Guarantee
61-Beneficiary Has Full Power When Validation Is Cleared
62-Beneficiaries Bank in U.S.A., Can Only Release Funds
62-Upon Confirmation From Nigeria Counsular Service/United Nations.
64-Bearers Must Clear Bank Protocol and Validation Request
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Working closely with our partners in intelligence, law enforcement,
military, and diplomatic circles, the FBI’s primary responsibility is to neutralize terrorist cells and operatives here in the United States and help dismantle terrorist networks/money laundry and internet fraud worldwide.

Although protecting the United States from terrorist attacks and money laundry is our first priority, we remain committed to the defense of America against foreign intelligence threats as well as the enforcement of federal criminal laws, all while respecting and defending the Constitution.

We’re very proud of NCIC’s legacy, but what’s most important to us is what it can do today,” says Bush. “We’re constantly trying to make it better and faster.” And we have, with a major technical upgrade in 1999 and important additions of terrorism and gang information in recent years.

Once more you are to re-assure and proof to us that what you are
about to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) to satisfy to us that the money your about to receive is legitimate and real money. You are to forward the documents to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if you don't have it let us know so that we will direct and inform you where to obtain the document and send to us so that we will ask the bank holding the funds the Bank Of America to go ahead Crediting your account immediately.

Include ,tephone,mobile number wwhen replying this message for verification purposes when responding to this email.

Yours Sincerely,

Robert S. Mueller III
F.B.I Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Direct Tel:+19402380671



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