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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 Muller \(F.B.I\)" <robertobochniaalert@live.com>
Reply-To: f.b.i-bureau@live.fr
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 14:37:51 +0100 (BST)
Subject: RE: FROM TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION (F.B.I)


TERRORIST AND MONITARY 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
DATE: 29/08/2011
 


ATTENTION: 


 


This
is not a child play, we are ready to take you to any length if you
failed to proof the legitimate 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 $1.8 Million to your name, The
said payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting to you this funds
are from Inheritance "willed " from WESTERN UNION OFFICE  Benin precisely.

With full concern of The F.B.I and the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) 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, 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 citizens.

Note
that with the information’s we have here, the fund in your name here
was release from Benin Republic. To this regard you are to contact the
FBI Benin 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 FBI Benin Republic



You
are under an 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.


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: 34568912 .... 39AZQV9027 owned by you.

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. It have come to our notice that you have been dealing with
scammers regarding the present transaction in your name, with the power
imposed on us as a high Federal Commission, you are hereby warn and
instruction 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 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 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 before you.

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.


 


Be
inform that the funds under the custody of the FBI was confirmed in
your name as the beneficiary, according to the Federal Commission, it is
mandatory by law you proof the legitimate of the funds in your name by
providing the required document to us, failure to comply with the FBI
law, legal action will follow according to the FBI United State Federal Constitution....


You don't have the required document on your possession, this document are
only to be issue to you from the paying country BENIN REPUBLIC , to this
regards you are advice to contact the FBI 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 Identification Record with our
Social Security Number, the only document left is the required Diplomatic Immunity
Seal Of Transfer (DIST) Which should be issue to you from the paying
country of the said funds, you are to contact the Federal Bureau Of
Investigation(FBI) BENIN REPUBLIC to obtain the above required document,
find below their contact


 


information's:


Contact Person: Mr.Douglass Joseph


Email: f.b.i-bureau@live.fr


Office Address: 84  Avenue Akpakpa Cotonou Benin Repulic


 


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 FBI Benin 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 FBI Benin the sum of $350.00 Dollars only
for the issuing of the document right away. That is the only way the
FBI Benin will issue you the document, because they are going to issue
you the Authentic and Original copy of the document.

You
are here by advice to Contact them through the email address above to
acquire 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 be fall before you. We have already informed the FBI Benin
Repulic about the present situation, so go ahead and contact them
immediately. Your fund is now on our custody and will not be release to
you unless the required document is confirmed, After that the fund will
be release to you immediately without any delay.


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


WARNING:
failure to produce the above requirement, legal action will be taken
immediately by arresting and detaining you, justificated and if  you
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 persecuting
any criminal who indulge in this criminal act. FORWARD THE DOCUMENT TO US VIA EMAIL ATTACHMENT AS SOON AS YOU OBTAIN IT.


 


Faithfully Your's


FBI Director
Mr.Robert Muller









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