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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 <impex_diplomatic_agency_2@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: fbi.albany@careceo.com
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:38:22 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Directive About Your Funds


Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes DivisionFbi Headquarters In Washington, D.C.Federal Bureau Of InvestigationJ. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001 
Attention: Beneficiary
This
is the final warning you are going to receive from me do you get me? I
hope you 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
details below,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,CIA and other enforcement agency. 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 have 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 ENDORSED AND STAMPED as you were 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 a mandate. 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 will be
seized and bank account will be confiscated too.
You
failed to comply with our directives/instruction and that was the
reason why we didn't hear from you, 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 48hours 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 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 can help you get the process done
and he stated that he will endorse and stamp the document at the sum of
$98 usd only and i believe this process is cheaper for you.
You
need to do every possible 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
identity to one impostor/fraudsters in Nigeria 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 $10,500,000.00 only. I
pleaded on your behalf so that this agency could give you till
06/19/2012 so that you could get this process done because i learn that
you were sent several e-mail without getting a response from you, 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 with the below details. NAME: GIFT IGWEADDRESS: LAGOS, NIGERIATEXT QUESTION: BETTERANSWER: BESTAMOUNT: $98 USD

Senders Full Name======Sender Full Address:====Direct Phone Number:==================MTCN:========= Send
the payment details to me as stated above and 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 $10.500,000.00 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. EXPECTING YOUR KIND ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION. ROBERT S. MUELLERFBI DIRECTOR











































































































































































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