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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 <robert-m--111@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 01:08:45 -0800 (PST)
Subject: ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION













































































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

Website: www.fbi.gov

ATTN: BENEFICIARY.

This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice
as we had thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our
Intelligence Monitoring Network System, which report confirmation stated that
there are illegal transactions with you and some Impostors claiming to be Prof.
Charles C. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, others are
officials in Banks such as Oceanic Bank, Zenith Bank with other banks listed in
our report, while some impostors claimed to be Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Agents, and E.F.C.C Agent and ICPC Agent. Meanwhile, during our Investigation
FBI realized the reason why you have not received your payment because you are
been deceived by these imposters.

Moreover, we notice that you have not fulfilled your Financial
Obligation in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment. Based on that FBI
has contacted the Federal Ministry of Finance FMF on your behalf and they have
brought a solution to your problem by coordinating your payment in the total
amount of USD 8,000,000.00 USD which has been programmed with an ATM CARD, which
you can use to withdraw your funds anywhere in the world. You now have the
lawful right to claim your funds which has been programmed with ATM CARD.


With the Federal Bureau of Investigation involvement in this
transaction, you are now be rest assured that this transaction is legitimate and
completely risk-free, our duty is to Protect and Serve citizens of United States
and other part of the world. Now I advise you to contact the ATM CARD CENTER via
E-mail for instructions on how to procure your Approval Slip, which contains
details on how to receive and activate your ATM CARD for immediate use of your
funds being paid to you through ATM CARD. We have confirmed that the amount
required to procure the Approval Slip will cost you a total sum of 325 USD which
will be paid directly to the ATM CARD CENTER , Via Gram. Below you shall find
contact details of the Agent whom will process your transaction from Federal
Minister of Finance:
CONTACT INFORMATION
FEDERAL MINISTER OF FINANCE

ATM CARD CENTRE
NAME: MR. PAUL SMITH

EMAIL:paulsmth@blumail.org

Contact Mr. Paul Smith of the ATM Card Centre with your
information as follows:
Full Name:
Mailing Address:
City:
State:

Nationality:
Direct Phone / Mobile Number:
Current Occupation and
Your Age:

Once you have sent the required information to Mr. Paul Smith
he will contact you with instructions on how to make the payment of 325 USD for
the Approval Slip after which he will proceed towards delivery of the ATM CARD
without any further delay. You are hereby been authorized/guaranteed by the
Federal Bureau Of Investigation to commence towards completing this transaction,
as there shall be NO delay once payment for the Approval Slip has been made to
the authorized agent.

Once you have completed payment of USD 325 to the agent in
charge of this transaction, immediately contact us back for more investigation
for conformation of your ATM card. The both offices are working 24hours to get
this project complete.
 
Robert S Mueller,
Executive Director,
Federal Bureau
Investigation,
FBI

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