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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 <antifraudunit101@fbi.org>
Reply-To: fbi101@mail.mn
Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2010 08:20:18 -0400
Subject: Attn: Affected Beneficiary



Anti-Terrorist and International Fraud Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
Seattle, Washington.

Attn: Beneficiary.

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $250,000.00
USD from a
Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During our investigation
we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting
System and
we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's
Check.

Normally, it will take up to 10 business days for an International Check to be
cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your
behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United
States Of America so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any
delay, henceforth the stated amount of $250,000.00 USD has been deposited with
Bank Of America.

We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to
receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100%
risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank
Of America
you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the
Lottery Agent
in-charge of this transaction whom is located in LONDON-UK. According to our
discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -

(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American
Bank which is - Bank Of America )
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer
payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )

The total amount for everything is $500.00 (Three Hundred-US Dollars). We have
tried our possible best to indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from
your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited
at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner,
therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent
in-charge
of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer.

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge (Mr. Dennis Rodney) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:

Contact Name: Mr. Dennis Rodney.

E-MAIL ADDRESS: agent.dennisrodney@btinternet.com

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:

You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the
required $500.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of
$250,000.00 USD via
Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the
following
transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction:
EA2948-910.

This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau Of Investigation is
authorizing you to pay the required $500.00 ONLY to Mr. Dennis Rodney via
information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning
prize of $250,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall
invite a penalty will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).

FBI Director
Robert Mueller.

NOTE: In order to ensure your check gets delivered to you ASAP, you
are advised
to immediately contact Mr. Dennis Rodney via contact information
provided above
and make the required payment of $500.00 to information in which he shall
provide to you.

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