419 scam: FBI DIRECTOR <info.fbioffice2@gmail.com> FROM ROBERT S. MUELLER/We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contact the atm card center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "interl.departm2@msn.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- info.fbioffice2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FBI DIRECTOR <info.fbioffice2@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:54:36 +0100
Subject: FROM ROBERT S. MUELLER/We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment

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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC.

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations
who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes
those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud
Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been
transacting with some imposters and fraudsters who have been impersonating
the likes of Prof. Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria,
Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of
Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim
Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some imposters claiming to be The Federal
Bureau of Investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet
Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud
Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of
money to these impostors. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop
communication with any one not referred to you by us.We have negotiated
with the Federal Ministry of Finance that your payment totaling
$1.200,000.00 will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with
a maximum withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card
and can be used anywhere in the world were you see a Visa Card Logo on the
Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). We have advised that this should be the
only way at which you are to receive your payment because it?s more
guaranteed, since over $5 billion was lost on fake check last year 2010.

We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected
everything in regards to the release of your $2 million United States
Dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any hitches as it?s our duty to
protect citizens of the United States of America and also Asia and Europe.
(This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all
debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and Europe which includes
Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared for the
betterment of the current economic status of the nation and its citizens as
he has always believed ?Our Time for Change has come? because ?Change can
happen?).Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS
website to confirm people like you who have received their payment
successfully.

Name:E LINDBERG:DHL Tracking Number 1426425615 (www.dhl.com)
Name :PITELIS :UPS Tracking Number h8433223480 (www.ups.com)

To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center
via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of
Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf
which will cost you $44.00 only nothing more and no hidden fees as
everything else has been taken cared of by the Federal Government including
taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is
$44.00 only. Payment should be made via Western union Or Money Gram only
with the name below:

Senders Name:____
Recivers name:___Jona Uzoma Simple
Country:___ Benin Republic
City:___Cotonou
Question:___What for?
Answer:____Recovery
MTCN:_____
Amount:____$44

Do contact us back details below and furnish us with your details as
listed below:
Your full
Name:...................................................................
Home/Cell
Phone:.................................................................................
Occupation:............................................................................
Age:...................................................................................
Your Address (where you will like your ATM CARD to be sent to):.........

On contacting him with your details your files would be updated and he will
be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making
payment of $44.00 via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of
your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order.
After which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your
designated home address without any further delay, extra fee or any
authority raising eyebrow.Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will
ensure that your package is sent within 48 working hours. Because we are so
sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do
not receive your ATM CARD Shipment Confirmation within the next 48hrs after
you have made the payment.Once again we are so sure of you receiving your
payment at no any other cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor
everything in other to cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those
imposters.

ROBERT S. MUELLER,
E-mail: info.fbioffice2@gmail.com
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to
be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in
contact with Mr. Peter Williams Email : interl.departm2@msn.com of the ATM
card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your
payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we
could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime
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