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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: "AGENT MRS, GLORIA TODAN" <banktransfereco@yahoo.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: federalinvestigationfbi@quienteadmite.com
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2012 21:24:41 +0300 (EEST)
Subject: AGENT MRS, GLORIA TODAN




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 JUN 24th 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 WOMAN, 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 PETER MOORE 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 $1.5MLION USD.

I PLEADED ON YOUR BEHALF SO THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU THE 30/06/2012
BEING NEXT TOMORROW 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 OR MONRY GRAM MONEY
TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW DETAILS.

RECEIVER NAME GLORIA .H. TODAN
RECEIVE COUNTRY IS BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY ADDRESS IS COTONOU
QUESTION IN GOD?
ANSWER WE TRUST
.MTCN.............................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 28th OF JUN 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 YOU’RE ID TO TRACE YOU IF
YOU DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTIONS.
THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

THANKS AS I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE

RESPECTIVELY
AGENT MRS, GLORIA TODAN
FBI SPECIAL AGENT
E-MAIL: federalinvestigationfbi@quienteadmite.com
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

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