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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: "Mrs.Farida Waziri" <sanchezfredrick81@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: antifraudfbi1@9.cn
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 17:06:22 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: FROM FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C./ TREAT AS URGENT??????


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 $10.5 Million to your name,
The said payment is awaiting adjudication and crediting to Edward
Powell.

 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 EFCC BENIN 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 EFCC BENIN.  
 
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 Edward
Powell  AZQV9007 owned by Edward Powell 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 BENIN REPUBLIC, to this regards you are advice to
contact the EFCC BENIN 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:
Mrs.Farida Waziri
Email: antifraudfbi1@9.cn
Office Address: 72
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 EFCC 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 EFCC BENIN
the sum of $185.00 Dollars only for the issuing of the document right away and
your $10.5 million USD will be release to you  That is the only way the EFCC
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: MR.
Uba Samuel
Country: Benin Republic
City......Cotonou
Test Question: What
For?
Answer
:Help Amount: $185 USD 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 EFCC 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  
 


DR. MRS SHERRY LINDA  111
FBI AGENT
 
CC. TO:
Email; antifraudfbi1@9.cn
 FBI WEB SITE  http://www.fbi.gov/
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