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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 OFFICE" <mini731031@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: jamesfreeman@yahoo.cn
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:30:26 +0800 (CST)
Subject: ATTN: RECIPIENT












FBI Headquarters in Washington,
D.C.
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001











REF:US/28028/8A28/11




ATTN: RECIPIENT
This is to officially inform you
that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an investigation
with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won
the sum of $800,000.00 USD. from a Lottery Company outside the United States of America. During
our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online
Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a
Certified Cashier's Check.
 
Normally, it will take up to 10
business days for an International Check to be cashed by your local banks. We
have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be
drawn from a registered bank within the United States of America so as to
enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated
amount of $800,000.00 USD. has been deposited with Bank Of
America.
 
We
have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100%
risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of
America you will be required to settle the following bills directly to
the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Washington
DC, U.S.A. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay
for the following -
 
Deposit Fee's (Fee's paid by the company for the deposit
into an American Bank which is - Bank of America)Cashier's Check Conversion Fee (Fee for converting the
Wire Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's
Check)


The
total amount for everything is $220.00 (Four Hundred and Twenty USD.) We have
tried our possible best to indicate that this $220.00 should be deducted from
your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited
at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by anyone except the legal owner
(you), the winner; therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to
the Agent in-charge of this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer
Or Money Gram.
In
order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge (JAMES FREEMAN) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT
NAME: JAMES
FREEMAN
 
E-MAIL ADDRESS: jamesfreeman@yahoo.cn
You
will be required to e-mail him with the following
information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT
NUMBER:
 
You
will also be required to request Western Union details on how to
send the required $220.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00
USD via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank of America, and also include
the following Fund Reference Identification :
EA2948-910.
 
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal
Bureau Of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required
$220.00 ONLY to AGENT JAMES FREEMAN via information in which he shall send to
you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held
responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be
made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner).
 
Please find below an authorized signature which has been
signed by the FBI Public Affairs Director - Robert
Mueller








Robert Mueller
Public Affairs Director -
FBI.
NSB
SEAL ABOVE



NOTE: In order to ensure rapid response
for the Fund won, contact AGENT JAMES FREEMAN as soon as possible providing the
required information needed from you
above





















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