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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: F-B-I <mr.hillj@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: ccef25@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:02:20 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.









                                              
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES
DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION
FBI WEB SITE  http://www.fbi.gov/J.
EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 

935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON,
D.C.
20535-0001 
 
   FUND BENEFICIARY,  


We received your email, 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 informations 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 $8 Million to your name, The
said payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting to John Fox. 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 Federal Republic Of Benin.  To this regard you are to contact
the MANAGER OF ITP POLICE 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 MANAGER OF ITP
POLICE
.    

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 Joh Fox AZQV9007 owned by  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 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 Imposters 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. Attached a copy of my Office ID for
your mutual view and understanding so that you will know exactly whom you 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 NIGERIA, to this regards you are advice to contact the
MANAGER
OF ITP POLICE
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 ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION (EFCC) Benin republic to obtain the
above required document, find below their contact information's:
  Contact Person:
MANAGER OF ITP
POLICE
Email:
(ccef25@yahoo.com)Office Address: 280 western avenue victoria
Island. 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 POLICE 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
POLICE  BENIN the sum of $83.00 Dollars
only for the issuing of the document right away and your $8 million will be
release to you  That is the only way the POLICE BENIN will issue you the document,
because they are going to issue you the Authentic and Original copy of the
document for the relasement of your fund.
 
PAYMENT INFORMATION THROUGH WESTERN
UNION
 
Receivers Name: Chukwuemeka
Marcel

Country: Benin Republic
City......Cotonou
Code: 00229
Test
Question: What Color
Answer :
Red
Amount: $83.00USD Only
Senders
Name..........
MTCN Numbers............
 
You
are here by advice to Contact them through the email address above and 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 POLICE
BENIN 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 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 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   
Robert S.Mueller
111
FBI
Director  
FBI WEB SITE 
http://www.fbi.gov/



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