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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: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION \(FBI\)" <cunitedstate@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msanusigoverno@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 23:12:41 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: THANKS AS I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)







                                             







FBI SIGNED AGAINST
YOU
 








DEAR OWNER







   







YOU
FAILED TO COMPLY WITH OUR DIRECTIVES AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T HEAR
FROM YOU ON THE 12th OF DECEMBER 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 24 HOURS 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 YOUR 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 $105USD 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 LEARN THAT YOU WERE THE PERSON THAT FORWARDED YOUR ID TO ONE
IMPOSTOR/FRAUDSTERS CALLED DR USMAN SHAMSUDEEN LAST MONTH 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 $5,000,000.00 USD.

I PLEADED ON YOUR BEHALF SO
THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU THE 3/04/2012 BEING TODAY SO THAT YOU COULD GET
THIS PROCESS DONE BECAUSE I LEARN 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 WITH IT HAS BEFALL ON YOU.

YOU WOULD MAKE THE
PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION
MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW DETAILS.

RECEIVER NAME  TONNY 
OSITTA







COUNTRY IS  BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY
ADDRESS IS COTONOU
QUESTION IN GOD?
ANSWER WE TRUST
AMOUNT=====$105.00 USD

SENDERS NAME=====

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 BEING THE 27th OF MARCH 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
$9,000,000.00 USD WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO YOU ALL THIS
WHILE.

NOTE/ ALL THE CRIMES AGENCIES HAS BEEN CONTACTED ON THIS REGARDS
AND WE WOULD USE YOUR ADDRESS WHICH IS STATED ABOVE AND YOUR ID TO TRACE YOU IF
YOU DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTIONS.
THANKS FOR YOUR
CO-OPERATION.

THANKS AS I WAIT
FOR YOUR RESPONSE
RESPECTIVELY
AGENT ROBERT
WALKER







FBI SPECIAL AGENT
E-MAIL:msanusigoverno@yahoo.com







FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
(FBI)




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