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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: Washington Dc Police Headquarters & Investigation Department <deskofficiall@sify.com>
Reply-To: info.washingtonpoliceheadqq@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 14:09:04 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Final Warning get back to us with the full details.


WASHINGTON DC POLICE HEADQUARTERS & INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT

           Metropolitan Police Dept. Government of the District of Columbia 300 Indiana Avenue NW 5th Floor Washington,

                                                                             
               DC 20001
                                                                                    


                                                                             Telephone:  +1 (202)-333-0963 


                              
                                              Fax: +1 (202)-666-3991
                                                       Email: info.washingtonpoliceheadqq@gmail.com







Attention Please. 

Well,  I am  Chief Cathy Lanier
From Washington Dc Police Headquarters & investigation department, 
We heard that
(Fbi Director) Robert Mueller & Mr. Peter Williams (Atm Payment
Department Financial Bank) have warned you so many times and you have
decided to ignore his e-mails,  because you believe we have not been
instructed to get you arrested since then  now we have instructed by
(Fbi Director) Robert Mueller & Mr. Peter Williams (Atm Payment
Department Financial Bank to arrest you , we receive a report from the
both officers, and this office has given you 2hours to get the final fee
of $46 for
your delivery,  send it to this office,  so that we can deliver your
Atm card to your destination address. or you will be arrested by our
corresponding police office nearby, because both of them has summitte
all your informations,
such as your home address/ Passport & direct telephone numbers to
our office & if you don't comply today we will start forwarding all
your details to our corresponding police office nearby.

Note: If
they refuse to send you the Atm card today, as soon as you send the
require fee of $46, Please update us then we will get both of them
arrested (Mr. Peter William & Mr. Robert Mueller ) & If you
refuse to comply with our office, we will get you arrested as soon as
possible. Etc. Final Warning get back to us with the full details
informations & the payment details, so that we can carry out this
investigation this morning for your final delivery.

(Fbi
Director) Robert Mueller & Mr. Peter Williams (Atm Payment
Department Financial Bank) pleaded on your behalf so that this our
police agent could give you today  been 25/10/2012, as a grace to send
the require fee and your full details,  so that we can get this
process done because i learnt that (Mr. Peter William & Mr. Robert
Mueller ) sent several e-mail without getting a response  with the
payment details & your full details 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 once it has
befall on you today . You are advice to make the payment of $46 within
2hours time through western union money transfer or money gram  with the
below details.
 
Senders Name-----
Recivers name---- Kelvin O. Omokwe
Recivers Address---- C/44 Akapakpa Centra
Destination country --- Benin Republic
City and state -- Cotonou
Zip code --- +229


Question:----What for?
Answer:---Recovery
Amount: $46
MTCN--------
Senders Address--------
Senders Telephone #--------



Send
the payment details to me so that i can forward it to (Mr. Peter
William & Mr. Robert Mueller ), Payment details needed:  senders
name and address, mtcn number, text question and answer used and the
amount sent. Please do reconfirm us your full details:

1. Full Name______
2. Home Address______
3. Telephone/Mobile Phone number______
4. Sex_________
5. Ocupation________
 
N/B:
Make sure that you didn't hesitate making the payment down to the
agent, so that they could have the certificate endorsed, signed and
stamped immediately without any further delay. you have only 2hours to
get back to us because we are not happy with all this delay.

Waiting to hear from you soon.

Thanks,

Best Regards,

Chief Cathy Lanier, DC Metro Police

         

               



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