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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Larry Moss and Robert S. Mueller III," <officefille1988@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fbi.interpol12@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2011 01:57:09 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR ATM Card, DON'T ABUSE IT.


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Special Agent Dr. Larry Moss
and Robert S. Mueller III, Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division Fbi
Headquarters In Washington, D.C.  20535J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania
Avenue,NW Washington, D.C.20535-0001, USA Website: www.fbi.gov WITH (U.S department Of Justice. U.S
National Central Bureau Of Interpol
 
 

Attention: Dear Beneficiary,

 
I am Dr. Larry Moss, the personal
secretary to the FBI Director; Robert S. Mueller III. Investigations revealed
that you have spent a lot on your personal earned money obtaining transfer
documents as requested by Imposters, costing you a lot of money, yet all efforts
to receive your overdue payment have been to no avail.
 
With the help of some of the best
Internet investigators attached to the FBI, we have taken out time in screening
through this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and in addition,
we sent special financial crime investigators from Washington DC to Africa in
other to carry out proper investigations after receiving series of reports
similar to yours as you are not the only person awaiting the legal transfer of
funds from Africa.
 
Based on the findings of our
special financial crime investigators, we discovered that your impending payment
is being delayed by Imposters, claiming to be Western Union Money Transfer And
Money Gram, In our bid to transparency, I am pleased to inform you that a
meeting was held as regards the best way to affect the compensation exercise for
transparency and most especially to avoid reoccurrence of the delay in payment.
In conclusion, we came to a final resolution as all the Financial Institutions
involved was duly represented. It might interest you to note that MasterCard
International have hence been empowered to assist the U.S. National Central
Bureau of INTERPO in Benin Republic and all the financial institutions involved;

 
The first Batch of payment; Two
million, five hundred thousand United States dollars ($2,500,000.00), Credited
to MasterCard Account No. 5148 6547 8940 6544 with serial Numbers: 2419873 and
Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4172 was approved to be issued to you as a valid
international ATM MasterCard accepted in more than a million ATM's, over 210
countries around the World, with a daily withdrawal Limit of Ten thousand United
States Dollars. $10,000.00.
 
The ATM card has already being
packaged and approved to be delivered to your door step via DHL Couriers
Services. which is a Registered and Credible courier company that has clearly
proved their Integrity and first class delivery services in the just concluded
First Quarter payment of the year 2011.
 
 We have called General David
Ogden and Mr.Timothy A. Williams U.S. National Central Bureau of INTERPO in
Benin Republic and i made a complain to them in regard to your package and i
also told them that i want your package to be shipped to you as soon as
possible.
 
I received an update from  General
David Ogden U.S. National Central Bureau of INTERPO in Benin Republic today in
regard to your package and i want you to follow there advice and instruction so
your package can be shipped to you. they made me understand that the charge fee
holding your package is $95 only and once the charge fee is paid shipment will
commence that same day.
 
My advice to you now is to go ahead and send the
$95 to them i will make sure shipment commence once the charge fee is received
by them. Note: MY ADVICE AND INSTRUCTION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS TRANSACTION
TO COME TO AN END QUICK AND YOU NEED TO DO AS I SAID
 
Make sure you keep me update once
you receive your package and also let me know once you send the charge fee
required so i can also make sure shipment commence that same
day.  
 
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW Washington,

D.C.20535-0001, USA
WEBSITE: http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/directmain.htm
WEBSITE: http://www.fbi.gov/libref/executives/director.htm
 
SEND THE CHARGE FEE VIA
WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM AND I ASSURE YOU SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE.I WANT YOU
TO USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO SEND THE REQUIRED CHARGE FEE.I WILL FORWARD THE
CONFIRMATION DETAILS TO HIM AND I WILL MAKE SURE SHIPMENT COMMENCE ONCE DHL
RECEIVED THE CHARGE FEE.
 
 
RECEIVER; PAUL CHIOZIE    

ADDRESS: 29 AIRPORT ROAD
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN
REPUBLIC
ZIPCODE: 229
TEXT QUESTION: BEST
ANSWER:
WAY
MTCN.....
 
Once payment is made get back to me with the payment
confirmation details required below so shipment can commence. and i will forward
it to DHL so shipment will commence immediately.

Special Agent Dr. Larry Moss and Robert S. Mueller
III, Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division Fbi Terrorist WASHINGTON
DCAnti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division Fbi Headquarters In Washington,
D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
 
 U.S department Of Justice. U.S National Central
Bureau Of Interpol

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