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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: "Michael H. Bonner" <info@fbi.com>
Reply-To: fbi1960@mail2world.com
Date: Thu, 26 May 2011 20:54:57 -0600
Subject: POLICE REPORT.

ANTI-TERRORIST & MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
F.B.I HEADQUARTERS HUSTON TEXAS,TX USA
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS(FBI)
Houston 2500 East TC Jester Houston, Texas 77008-1300
Telephone Number : +15807405514.

SUBJECT RE:POLICE REPORT .

Attention,
The Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that,after a thouroughfull investigations that
was carried out from our Security Network monitoring Unit of the
Federal Bureau of Investigations (F.B.I) this week here in Texas USA,
we have discovered that uptill date you have not concluedsively
finalize the normal protocols of processing the procurement of your
own HARD COPY of Police Report which will enable to surpport your
claim of the afformention sum of $15.5m US Dollars only.

Yesterday as your payment file was forwarded to us for normal Vetting
and reconciliations,you must take note that As a Federal Bureau of
Investigations (F.B.I) we are here to protect your interest and the
interest of all the World Governing Bodies as well as this global
world. You have been invested as the beneficiary of the said funds in
question that is the reason why we are getting in touch with you to
geta cerntified proof before the funds will be release to you.

It is quite amazing to inform you that we are now fully incharge and
total controll of your $15,5M US Dollars as we have taking appropirate
measure and necessary protocols to companssate you by helping you to
controll the presure in assisting you to safegaurd this funds with a
Federal Reserved Account with Bank of America in your benefit and,this
has been done accordingly however,it was placed on hold till you are
able to secure yourown copy of the Police Report from us (F.B.I) for
further verification and proof before releasing the fund to you
and,bemindfull that we have try to prevent your home and land security
of your local area from not being awear about it just for your
personal security so, if you need futher detail concerning how this
funds was intercepted by this department ,send us a mail or call us
directly on our office telephone line in Texas ,TX USA for
clarification.

NOTE:Before your payment file was submitted to this Office for final
vetting i was, hoping to contact you initialy but,i was in away tour
with some dignitries of the UN Peace Keeping Force to the Afganistan
had it being that we have open-up conversations ealier before this
period to alert us that, you do have a copy of our Police Report in
your files that was brought into my office for vetting / scrutny ,i
would have do more favour to you and. the fund would not have been
placed on hold till date.

At first, there were no doubts that,you were having the copy of our
police Report in your Payment discriptions but after our
investigations, we finaly discovered that,your transactions has to be
confirmed okay with us (F.B.I) before further transfer to your
nominated Bank will be made possible and,dueto we have discovered the
damages this will digenerate in future if,we approve the release of
this outstanding fund to you without following normal proceedures.

Therefore ,you are required to contact us to seek our legitimate
services apart of this alternative options no other solution can
resolve this matter between you and we (FBI) so,it very compolssory
you contact us to demand for your own HARD Copy of the Police
Clearance Report from us to send it to you.

Once again with our full intervention (F.B.I) and the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS) we are to remind you of the consequences of remitting
such huge sums of money without complying fully with the provisions of
the laws guiding Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5 as amended in
sub-section C (6) of 2003, which stipulates that any fund
transaction(s) been done in the United States of America should be
monitored and, must have a proper updated records, which duly
guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and legally
acquired and not criminally or terrorist associated funds. This is due
to several terrorist activities/economic financial crimes against the
United States of America.

With the information's we have gathered here, this fund on hold here
is on your name and were legitemately belonging to you.

To this regard you are to contact us F.B.I so that we can issue you
the required document because it is the only last option that you can
declear to us.beside Nobody else have the right or privilege to issue
you this document axcept we Federal Bureau of Investigation .

From our observational Investigation in connection with money
laundering. If your funds comes from a legitimate and legal source,
the proper guidelines for you to recover the right of transaction is
for you to provide the official monitory transaction release document
so that your funds will be legally processed and recorded and
accounted for and then finally released to you because FEDERAL BUREAU
OF INVESTIGATION (ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONEY LAUNDERING DEPARTMENT) IS
HERE to wipe out terrorism, and will stop at no length in performing
our duties for the intier global World.

You have 48 hours from now to produce all legal proof of the said
cliam fund remember you do not have any rights to receive these funds
if the documented legal wire information is not completed , Consider
all your dealings to be channel to this office in Huston Texas TX
alone, if we discovered you are still communicating with Impostors you
will be charge for advance fraud communication by the Federal Law.

The very heart of FBI operations lies in our investigations which
serve, as our state of mission, 'to protect and defend the intier
global Wolrd against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats and to
enforce the criminal laws.

So follow our instructions properly to avoid any legal action to be
taking before you.Furthermore, be advice that according to Law of the
World Court inconjuction with the FBI rules and regulations, you are
to obtain the document from us (FBI) where the fund is kept onhold .
also beminfull that you are to take care of the cost of this Document
that will be issued to you .

If you have the believe concerning this your claim and the
sensetiveness of your financial status now enclueding how important
your document is to you therein,you will ask me to verify for you the
actual total cost for obtaining this document from our legal tenders ,
i will definately do so.

After issuing the document, your $15.5 million will be release to
you,That is the only way we( F.B.I) can issue you this document and,
we are going to issue you the Authentic and Original copy of the
document for the Releasement of your fund.

We have asked for the Federal Reserve Bank (BOA) to make available the
funds complete for your claim and prepiar a possible up-to date
records for no criminal justice under recording purposes.

WARNING: Failure to produce the above requirement in the next 48
hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and
detaining you, justificated and if found guilty, you will be jailed.
As a terrorist, drug trafficking and money launderer and ,it is a
serious problem in our community today. The F.B.I will not stop at any
length in tracking down and prosecuting any criminal who indulge in
this criminal act.

BEST REGARDS

Your`s Fathfully,

Michael H. Bonner
Special Agent in Charge.
Houston 2500 East TC Jester Houston,
Texas 77008-1300 U.S.A
Tel: + 15807405514
You can ring me incase you need more clarifications from me.

CC: Canadian Police Association
CC: GENERAL INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)
CC: Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI USA)
CC: European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
CC: Financial Action Task Force (FATF)
CC: International Monetary Fund (IMF)
CC: International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
CC: International Banking Security Association (IBSA)
CC: International Air Transport Association (IATA)
CC: Institut DE Formation Interbancaire (INSIG)
CC: World Customs Organization (WCO)
CC: Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
CC: Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors (OGBS)
CC: World Central Bank (SW)
CC: North Yorkshire Police (UK)

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