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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 F B I <fbi_office01@sify.com>
Reply-To: benin.efcc516@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2011 18:30:58 +0530 (IST)
Subject: FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.































 





ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY 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 
NUMBER 206-350-8270
www.fbi.gov/ 
 

Date; 17/07/2011.
 



 ATTENTION

 
    DIPLOMATIC
IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER
  

We
received your email, this is not a child's play,  we are ready to take you to
any length if you failed to proof the legitimate source of the fund you are
about to receive. As a Federal Commission, we are here to protect your interest
and the interest of all the United State citizens as well as this great Nation.
You have been investigated as the beneficiary of the said funds that is why you
are in touch with the FBI for a solid proof before the funds will be release to
you.
 
   The said funds is now in U.S Bank in your name which has been
placed on hold under the custody of the FBI for further verification and proof
before releasing the fund to you.
 
   You do not have this document in
your files, if you did the fund would not have been hold. We did not believe
this at first, but when we saw the transfer we had no option than to contact
you.
 
   We have gone through your Identification record and  also the
information received from you, we have verified a lot of things about you. It
has come to the attention of our Money Trafficking Investigation Department,
that you have some funds valued at U.S $ 2.4 Million to your name, The said
payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting to your account from Inheritance
'willed ' from C.B.B Bank BENIN REPUBLIC precisely.

 
  
With full concern of the F.B.I and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), we wish
to remind you of the Consequences of remitting such huge sums of money without
complying fully with the provisions of the Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5
as amended in sub-section C (6) of  2003 Banking Act, which stipulates that any
monitory transaction been done in the United States of America, must have proper
records, which duly guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and
legally acquired and not criminally or terrorist associated funds. This is due
to ongoing terrorist activities/economic crimes on and against the United States
of America and her citizens.

 

     Note that with the information's we have here, the fund in your name
here was released from Federal Republic of Benin Republic.  To this regard, you
are to contact the EFCC Benin Republic where the fund was release from so that
they will issue you the required document because they are the only people that
can issue you the document.

 
Nobody
else have the right or privilege to issue you this document unless the EFCC
Benin Republic.

 

   You are under close monitoring / 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  release document so that your funds will be legally processed and
recorded and accounted for and then finally released to you.

 

  FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONEY LAUNDERING
DEPARTMENT) IS HERE to wipe out terrorism, and will stop at no length in doing
our duty for the American people.

 

   You have 48 hours to produce legal proof of the below frozen wired
transaction number coded: AZQV9007 owned by Roger Faltersack You do not have any
rights to receive these funds if the documented legal wire information is not
complete.

 
     For your own
good and benefit, you are advice not to send your money to anybody accept the
below person that will get the document for you. It has come to our notice that
you have been dealing with scammers regarding the present transaction in your
name, with the power invested on us by the United States Government, you are
hereby warned and instructed < /FONT>to terminate your involvement with
any people or individual contacting you regarding this present
transaction.

 
The
said funds is now in our custody in your name as the beneficiary, your dealings
should be channel to this office alone, if we find out you are still
communicating with imposters you will be charged for advance fraud communication
by the Federal Law.

 

  The very heart of FBI
operations lies in our investigations--which serve, as our mission states, 'to
protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence
threats and to enforce the criminal laws of the United States.' So follow our
instructions properly to avoid any action against  you. Attached a copy of my
Office ID for your mutual view and understanding so that you will know exactly
whom yo u are dealing with.

 
 
We currently have jurisdiction over violations of more than 200 categories of
federal law. So you can see that we can track you down through Investigative
programs. We have your address and the evidence and status of your wired funds,
so we can arrest you anytime

anywhere.
 
   
You dont have the required document on your possesion, these document are only
to be issue to you from the paying country BENIN REPUBLIC , to this regards you
are advice to contact the EFCC BENIN REPUBLIC  to obtain the document from them
to enable the immediate release of the funds in your name.

 
   We have done our
verification on your FBI dentification Record with  Social Security Number, the
only document left is the required Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST)
Which should be issued to you from the paying country of the said funds, you are
to contact the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) Benin to obtain
the above required

document,
find below their contact information's:

 
Contact
Person: Mrs. Farida M Waziri
Email: benin.efcc516@gmail.com
Office
Address: 72 Akpakpa off Tunde Motors Benin Republic.

 
    
Furthermore, be advice that according to the United State Law together with the
FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document from the EFCC BENIN
REPUBLIC  where the fund was transfer from.. Also Note that you are to take care
of the Document to be issued to you right away, because due to the content of
the document and how important and secured the document is, You are to take care
of the document by sending to the EFCC BENIN REPUBLIC the sum of $126.00 Dollars
only for the issuing of the document right away and your $2.4 million will be
release to you  That is the only way the EFCC BENIN REPUBLIC will issue you the
document, because they are going to issue you the Authentic and Original copy of
the document for the release of your f und.

 
  
You are hereby advised  to Contact them through the email address above to
enquire from them on how you are going to send the fee to them. Note that you
are to do this immediately if you really want your fund to be credited to your
personal account and also if you don't want any action to befall  you. We have
already informed the EFCC BENIN REPUBLIC about the present situation, so go
ahead and contact them immediately. Your fund is now in our custody and will not
be released to you unless the required document is confirmed, After that the
fund will be released to you immediately without any delay.

 
 NOTE:
We have asked for the above document  to make available the most complete and
up-to date records possible for no criminal justice purposes.

 
WARNING:
failure to produce the above requirement in the next 48
hours, legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and detaining you.You
shall be tried  and if found guilty, you will be jailed.. As terrorism, drug
trafficking and money laundering 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. FORWARD THE DOCUMENT TO US VIA EMAIL
ATTACHEMENT AS SOON AS YOU OBTAIN IT.

 
FAITHFULLY
YOUR'S

Faithfully
Your's 
 






Robert S.Mueller 111




FBI
Director

CC: Canadian Police
Association


CC: GENERAL
INTELLIGENCE DEPARTMENT (GID)

CC: Asia
Pacific Group on Money Laundering (APG)
CC: Egmont Group

CC: FEDERAL BURUEA 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:
NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (NPF)

CC: NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE 
(UK)
CC: ECONOMIC FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC

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