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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: "Special Agent Dr. Larry Moss" <jeraldclinton@live.com>
Reply-To: fbi1985@admin.in.th
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:39:07 +0100 (BST)
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS HIGHLY NEEDED.


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Special Agent Dr. Larry Moss and
Robert S. Mueller III, Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Fbi
Headquarters In Washington, D.C.  20535J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania
Avenue,NW Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA Website: www.fbi.gov
 
 
Attn: Beneficiary,
 
I am Dr. Larry Moss, the
personal secretary to the FBI Director; Robert S. Mueller III. Investigations
revealed that you have spent a lot on your personal earned money obtaining
transfer documents as requested by Imposters, costing you a lot of money, yet
all efforts to receive your overdue payment have been to no avail.
 
With
the help of some of the best Internet investigators attached to the FBI, we have
taken out time in screening through this project as stipulated on our protocol
of operation and in addition, we sent special financial crime investigators from
Washington DC to Africa in other to carry out proper investigations after
receiving series of reports similar to yours as you are not the only person
awaiting the legal transfer of funds from Africa.
 
Based on the findings
of our special financial crime investigators, we discovered that your impending
payment is being delayed by Imposters, claiming to be Western Union Money
Transfer And Money Gram, In our bid to transparency, I am pleased to inform you
that a meeting was held as regards the best way to affect the compensation
exercise for transparency and most especially to avoid reoccurrence of the delay
in payment. In conclusion, we came to a final resolution as all the Financial
Institutions involved was duly represented. It might interest you to note that
MasterCard International have hence been empowered to assist the Federal
Ministry of Finance and all the financial institutions involved;
 
The
first Batch of payment; Two million, five hundred thousand United States dollars
($2,500,000.00), Credited to MasterCard Account No. 5148 6547 8940 6544 with
serial Numbers: 2419873 and Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4172 was approved to be issued
to you as a valid international ATM MasterCard accepted in more than a million
ATM's, over 210 countries around the World, with a daily withdrawal Limit of Ten
thousand United States Dollars. $10,000.00.
 
The ATM card has already
being packaged and approved to be delivered to your door step via DHL Couriers
Services. which is a Registered and Credible courier company that has clearly
proved their Integrity and first class delivery services in the just concluded
First Quarter payment of the year 2012.
 
Due to my position in service i
called the Federal Ministry of Finance head quarter of Benin and i made a
complain to them in regard to your package and i also told them that i want your
package to be shipped to you as soon as possible. I received an update from
Federal Ministry of Finance today in regard to your package i want you to follow
there advice and instruction so your package can be shipped to you. they made me
understand that the charge fee holding your package is $75 only and once the
charge fee is paid shipment will commence that same day.
 
My advice to
you now is to go ahead and send the $75 to them i will make sure shipment
commence once the charge fee is received by them. Note: MY ADVICE AND
INSTRUCTION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS TRANSACTION TO COME TO AN END QUICK AND
YOU NEED TO DO AS I SAID
 
Make sure you keep me update once you receive
your package and also let me know once you send the charge fee required so i can
also make sure shipment commence that same day. 
 
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW Washington,

D.C.20535-0001, USA
WEBSITE: http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/directmain.htm
WEBSITE: http://www.fbi.gov/libref/executives/director.htm
 
SEND THE CHARGE FEE VIA WESTERN UNION OR
MONEY GRAM AND I ASSURE YOU SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE.I WANT YOU TO USE THE
INFORMATION BELOW TO SEND THE REQUIRED CHARGE FEE.I WILL FORWARD THE
CONFIRMATION DETAILS TO HIM AND I WILL MAKE SURE SHIPMENT COMMENCE ONCE DHL
RECEIVED THE CHARGE FEE.
 
RECEIVER NAME:  EKWEALOR PEPETR 
ADDRESS: 29 AIRPORT
ROAD
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
ZIPCODE: 229
TEXT
QUESTION: BEST
ANSWER: WAY
MTCN.....
 
Once payment is made get back
to me with the payment confirmation details required below so shipment can
commence. and i will forward it to DHL so shipment will commence
immediately.

Special Agent Dr. Larry Moss and
Robert S. Mueller III,  Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Fbi
Headquarters In Washington, D.C.  20535J. Edgar Terrorist WASHINGTON DC
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