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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: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:30:16 +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 21th of Nov, 2011 from now till 1pm As
stated earlier to have the document endorsed and change the address,
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 21th 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 $42.00 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
21/11/2011 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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