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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: FBI <spam@quasar-eng.net>
Reply-To: <fbiuroffice@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 17:47:47 +0200
Subject: ANTI TERRORIST & MONITORY CRIME DIVISION

ANTI TERRORIST & MONITORY CRIME DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON , D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON , D.C. 20535-0001
www.fbi.gov



ATTN

WE ARE IN RECEIPT OF YOUR EMAIL AND WE UNDERSTAND ALL THAT YOU HAVE EXPLAINED IN YOUR PREVIOUS EMAIL, HOWEVER WE SHALL NOT RELENT IN CARRYING OUT OUR DUTIES. BE INFORMED THAT AN ACCOUNT HAS BEEN OPENED ON YOUR BEHALF, IN THE CITIBANK GROUP NEW YORK ON YOUR BEHALF UNDER YOUR NAME AND YOUR FUNDS DEPOSITED THERE. THE FUNDS ARE OK AS WE HAVE ASCERTAINED ITS LEGAL STATUS... SO WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE FOR THE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN MAKE THE MONEY AVAILABLE TO YOU.
NOTE: THAT EVEN IF YOU DO NOT WANT THE FUNDS YOU STILL HAVE TO PROVIDE CLEARANCE. SO IT IS UP TO YOU TO TAKE IT OR LEAVE IT, BUT WE ADVICE YOU TAKE IT , ALL YOU OWE THE GOVERNMENT IS TO CLEAR YOUR TAXES ONES YOU RECEIVE THIS MONEY.

BE INFORMED THAT YOUR FUNDS ARE NO LONGER IN LONDON OR AFRICA , THEY ARE RIGHT HERE IN THE U.S.A WITH CITIBANK GROUP NEW YORK; THIS IS WHY WE CONTACTED YOU TO NOTIFY YOU, OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENT, BECAUSE YOUR FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED AS SOON AS THE DOCUMENTS ARE PROVIDED.
NOTE THAT YOUR FUNDS ARE IN, $8.3MILLION U.S DOLLARS PRECISELY.

TO THIS REGARDS WE STRICTLY ADVICE YOU TERMINATE EVERY COMMUNICATION YOU HAVE WITH ANYBODY YOU HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH IN THE PAST EITHER IN NIGERIA, LONDON AND HERE IN THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SMOOTH PAYMENT OF YOUR FUNDS TO YOU, BECAUSE ANY MISMANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION AT THIS JUNCTURE MIGHT RESULT IN LOSS OF FUND WHICH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATIONS WOULD NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR. NOTE: THAT WITH THE INFORMATION'S WE HAVE HERE, THE FUND IN YOUR NAME HERE WAS RELEASE FROM NIGERIA. YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARDS (IMB) SECRETARIAT UNDER THE MINISTRY OF JUSTICE IN NIGERIAWHERE THE PAYMENT ORIGINATED, SO THAT THEY WILL ISSUE YOU THE REQUIRED AND ORIGINAL ACCESS DOCUMENT WHICH WILL BE NEEDED TO TRANSFER YOUR MONEY TO ANY ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE BECAUSE THEY ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN ISSUE THIS DOCUMENT TO YOU . NO OTHER OFFICE HAS THE RIGHT TO ISSUE YOU THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENT UNLESS THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARDS (IMB) SECRETARIAT NIGERIA AND WE HAVE ALSO DONE OUR VERIFICATIO

Contact person: Mrs. Jibril Abubakar
Email: jibrllabu@skymail.mn


CONTACT THIS MAN IMMEDIATELY TO OBTAIN THE DOCUMENT.
FURTHERMORE, BE ADVICE THAT ACCORDING TO THE UNITED STATE LAW AND ALSO THE FBI RULES AND REGULATIONS, YOU ARE TO OBTAIN THE DOCUMENT FROM THEINDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARDS (IMB) SECRETARIAT NIGERIA IN WHERE THE FUND WAS TRANSFERRED FROM. ALSO NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF THE DOCUMENT TO BE ISSUED TO YOU RIGHT AWAY, BECAUSE DUE TO HOW IMPORTANT AND SECURED THE DOCUMENT IS, IT IS NOT ISSUED JUST LIKE THAT.. YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF THE DOCUMENT BY SENDING TO THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARDS (IMB) SECRETARIAT NIGERIA RIGHT AWAY THE SUM OF $150 FOR THE ISSUING OF THE DOCUMENT, THAT IS THE ONLY WAY THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARDS (IMB) SECRETARIAT ISSUE YOU THE PAPERWORK, BECAUSE THEY ARE GOING TO ISSUE YOU THE AUTHENTIC/ORIGINAL PIN CODE.
THE NEEDED DOCUMENT IS FUND RELEASE ORDER DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER (DIST) AND WITHOUT THIS DOCUMENT THERE IS NO WAY ON EARTH YOU CAN RECEIVE THIS FUNDS, THIS DOCUMENT IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND IN YOUR FILES, MEANING YOU DO NOT HAVE IT IN YOUR RECORD NEITHER HAVE YOU OBTAINED IT IN THE PAST SO YOU MUST OBTAIN IT IMMEDIATELY. NOTE: THAT YOU ARE TO FULFILL THIS OBLIGATION EVEN IF IT MEANS BORROWING THE MONEY, AS THIS IS A MATTER OF NATIONAL INTEREST.
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 ACCOUNT AND ALSO IF YOU DON'T WANT ANY ACTION TO BE FALL BEFORE YOU. WE HAVE ALREADY INFORMED THE INDEPENDENT MONITORING BOARDS (IMB) SECRETARIAT NIGERIA ABOUT THE PRESENT SITUATION, SO GO AHEAD AND CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY. YOUR FUND IS NOW ON OUR CUSTODY AND WILL ONLY BE RELEASE TO YOU WITH THE CONFIRMATION OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENT. AFTER THAT THE FUND WILL BE RELEASE TO YOU IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ANY DELAY, AFTER YOU HAVE OBTAIN THIS NEEDED DOCUMENT THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU WITHOUT ANY FURTHER HINDRANCE.

DO NOT BE DECEIVED BY ANYBODY THIS IS THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO GET YOUR MONEY AS YOU WILL TESTIFY AFTER YOU TAKE THIS STEP, AND FOLLOW THE ABOVE INSTRUCTIONS CORDIALY,YOU WILL NEVER REGRET YOU FOLLOWED THIS ADVICE YOU WILL BE FOREVER GRATFULL,TAKE THIS BOLD STEP AND END ALL YOUR PROBLEMS IN REGARDS TO THIS PAYMENT.
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: IF YOU FAIL TO PRODUCE THE ABOVE REQUIREMENT IN 3 DAYS, LEGAL ACTION WILL BE TAKEN IMMEDIATELY BY ARRESTING AND DETAINING YOU, JUSTIFICATED 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 PERSECUTING ANY CRIMINAL WHO INDULGE IN THIS CRIMINAL ACT. FORWARD THE DOCUMENT TO US VIA EMAIL ATTACHEMENT AS SOON AS YOU OBTAIN IT.

FAITHFULLY YOURS,

Agent Shawn Henry,
Assistant Director
CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This E-MAIL may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, any dissemination, distribution, copying, or use of this document is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us by email at the E-MAlL listed above to arrange for the destruction or return of the original document to us. Thank you
© 2011 Federal Bureau Of Investigations All Rights Reserved

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