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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 DIRECTOR <deskofficiall@sify.com>
Reply-To: info.fbioffice2@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 20:27:11 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: YOU WILL BE ARRESTED IF YOU FAIL.










Assistant Director in Charge


Joseph Persichini, Jr



Anti-Terrorist and Monitary Crimes
Division.
Mr. Victor
Collins,
OFFICER IN-CHARGE:
FBI
Africa Internet Fraud Watch/Alert


Telephone: (+1)-
206-350-1002
Email: info.fbioffice2@gmail.com

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
J. EDGAR. HOOVER
BUILDING  WASHINGTON D.C
FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON
DC.

 
 
             FBI SEEKING
TO WIRETAP INTERNET




 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF
INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE
INTERNET.
 Attention, this is the
final warning you are going to receive from me do you get me?
 
I hope
youre understand how many times this message has been sent to you?.
 
We
have warned you so many times and you have decided to ignore our e-mails or
because you believe we have not been instructed to get you arrested, and today
if you fail to respond back to us with the payment then, we would first send a
letter to the mayor of the city where you reside and direct them to close your
bank account until you have been jailed and all your properties will be
confiscated by the fbi. We would also send a letter to the company/agency that
you are working for so that they could get you fired until we are through with
our investigations because a suspect is not suppose to be working for the
government or any private organization.
 
Your id which we have in our
database been sent to all the crimes agencies in America for them to inset you
in their website as an internet fraudsters and to warn people from having any
deals with you. This would have been solved all this while if you had gotten the
certificate signed, endorsed and stamped as you where instructed in the e-mail
below. this is the federal bureau of investigation (fbi) am writing in response
to the e-mail you sent to us and am using this medium to inform you that there
is no more time left to waste because you have been given from the 17th of Nov,
2011 from now till 4pm As stated earlier to have the document endorsed, signed
and stamped without failure and you must adhere to this directives to avoid you
blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and jailed you for life and
all your properties confiscated.
 
You failed to comply with our
directives and that was the reason why we didn't hear from you on the 17th as
our director has already been notified about you get the process completed
yesterday and right now the warrant of arrest has been signed against you and it
will be carried out in the next 24hours as strictly signed by the fbi director.
We have investigated and found out that you didn't have any idea when the
fraudulent deal was committed with your information's/identity and right now if
you id is placed on our website as a wanted person, i believe you know that it
will be a shame to you and your entire family because after then it will be
announce in all the local channels that you are wanted by the fbi.
 
As
a good Christian and a honest man, I decided to see how i could be of help to
you because i would not be happy to see you end up in jail and all your
properties confiscated all because your information's was used to carry out a
fraudulent transactions, i called the efcc and they directed me to a private
attorney who could help you get the process done and he stated that he will
endorse, sign and stamp the document at the sum of $40.00 usd only and i believe
this process is cheaper for you. You need to do everything possible within today
and tomorrow to get this process done because our director has called to inform
me that the warrant of arrest has been signed against you and once it has been
approved, then the arrest will be carried out, and from our investigations we
learnt that you were the person that forwarded your identity to one
impostor/fraudsters in Benin when he had a deal with you about the transfer of
some illegal funds into your bank account which is valued at the sum of
$1.200,000.00 usd on a loaded Atm card.
 
I pleaded on your behalf so that
this agency could give you the 17/11/2011 so that you could get this process
done because i learnt that you were sent several e-mail without getting a
response from you, please bear it in mind that this is the only way that i can
be able to help you at this moment or you would have to face the law and its
consequences once it has befall on you. You would make the payment through
western union money transfer or money gram  with the below details.
 

Receiver Name:_________Jona Uzoma Simple
Country:________Benin
Republic
City:_________Cotonou
City Code:_______00229
Test
Question:______Who is our savior?
Answer:________The Lord Jesus
MTCN
Number:_________
 
Send the payment details to me which are senders name
and address, mtcn number, text question and answer used and the amount sent.
Make sure that you didn't hesitate making the payment down to the agency by
today so that they could have the certificate endorsed, signed and stamped
immediately without any further delay. After all this process has been carried
out, then we would have to proceed to the bank for the transfer of your
compensation funds which is valued at the sum of $1.200,000.00 usd which was
suppose to have been transferred to you all this while.
 
Note/ all the
crimes agencies have been contacted on this regards and we shall trace and
arrest you if you disregard this instructions. You are given a grace today to
make the payment for the document after which your failure to do that will
attract a maximum arrest and finally you will be appearing in court for act of
terrorism, money laundering and drug trafficking charges, so be warned not to
try any thing funny because you are been watched.
 

THANKS FOR YOUR
CO-OPERATION.

ROBERT MUELLER
(+1)-206-350-1002
WASHINGTON
DC
Anti-Terrorist and Monetary 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

Website: www.fbi.gov





 

 

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