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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: "Federal Bureau Of Investigations FBI Washington D.C"
<fbi.icc@fbi.gov>
Reply-To: fbi.icc.safetywatch9@vf.vc
Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2013 02:48:36 +0100
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (F.B.I)
WASHINGTON D.C SEEKING TO WIRETAP: RESPOND IMMEDIATELY



F.B.I ROBERT SWAN MUELLER III
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
WASHINGTON D.C ROOM, 7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, DC 20535,0001.
EMAIL: fbi.icc.safetywatchs@live.com
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE


We sincerely apologized for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail
instead of a certified mail, post-mail, phone or face to- face
conversation, it
is due to the urgency and importance of the security information of our
citizenry. We the FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) Washington DC, in
conjunction with some other relevant investigative Agencies here in the United
States of America have recently been informed through our Global intelligence
monitoring network that you are presently having a transaction going
on with the
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) as regards to your over-due contract
payment which
was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly by the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
OF NIGERIA.

It might interest you to know that we have taken our time in screening through
this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and have finally
confirmed that your contract payment is 100% legitimate and hitch free
which you
have the lawful right to claim your fund without any problems. You are hereby
advised to contact the Central Bank of Nigeria in order to enable you receive
your Inheritance/Contract fund intact and accordingly, as we will be
monitoring
all the bank activities with you as well as your correspondence at all
level. We
owned you that special duty to protect you and make sure that you receive your
pending fund intact and accordingly.

We recently had a meeting with the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria MR. SANUSI LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI along with the Nigerian Federal
Ministry
of Finance concerning your payment file and they made us to understand
that your
file has been held in abase depending on when you are ready to proceed
with the
processing of your pending transaction in order to claim your fund intact and
accordingly. The Federal Government of Nigeria further informed us
that the only
problem they are facing right now is that some criminals are using
this project
as an avenue to scam innocent people.

We are also informed by the person in charge of your payment file MR. SANUSI
LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI, Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria that a
Man with an America passport number (3028882234) came to the Central Bank of
Nigeria few days ago with a letter, claiming to be your true representative
prior to the urgent release of your Inheritance/Contract fund valued at about
US$8,000,000.00 (Eight Million United States Dollars); but the central bank of
Nigeria did the right thing by insisting on hearing from the rightful
beneficiary which is you before the bank (CBN) remittance department proceed
with the processing of your fund transfer into the below bank account
which was
supplied by MR. LAWRENCE OWEN.

This is the main reason why the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria MR. SANUSI LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI contacted us for clarification in order
to avoid fund diversion. Here are the Banking Information which was
provided by
MR. LAWRENCE OWEN:

Name: MR. LAWRENCE OWEN
Bank Name: City Bank
Bank Address: Arizona, USA
Account Number: 6503809008.

You are to get back to us immediately if truly you have instructed/authorized
MR. LAWRENCE OWEN to transfer your Inheritance pending fund into the
above Bank
Account. Be advised to contact the rightful person in charge of your payment
file MR. SANUSI LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI, Executive Governor of the Central Bank of
Nigeria and forward any email related to your Inheritance fund for
verification/investigation to avoid dealing with hoodlums.

NAME: MR. SANUSI LAMIDO AMINU SANUSI

OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria,
Central Business District,
Cadastral Zone, Abuja, Federal Capital
Territory, Nigeria.

TEL: +234-802-220-6004

Email: gove.sanusii.lamido9@gmail.com OR gov.depts.fundstransfers9@live.com

NOTE:

Be further advised to contact only the above contact information and any email
that does not come from the above contact information should be
nullified/voided
immediately for security reasons, you are to forward a copy of such email for
investigation. Meanwhile, we will advise that you contact the central bank of
Nigeria immediately with the above email address and request that they
attend to
your payment file as directed so as to enable you receive your
inheritance/contract fund intact and accordingly.

Ensure that you follow all directives of the Central Bank of Nigeria as this
will facilitate the processing of your pending transaction. The
central bank of
Nigeria equally have their own stipulated banking rules and regulation
Note that
all modalities has already been worked out before you were contacted.

All we require from you henceforth is an update so as to enable us advise you
accordingly. Should in case you need any more information in regards to this
notification, do not hesitate to contact us. We cherished all our beloved
Citizen's and will do everything humanly possible to protect and to make sure
that you receive your Inheritance pending fund of Eight Million United States
Dollars (US$ 8,000,000.00).

We are here to guide you during and after this project has been completely
perfected and you have received your Inheritance/contract fund as stipulated.
Thank you very much for your co-operation in advance. We shall earnestly be
waiting to hear from you as soon as possible. God bless and protect the United
States of America.


Best Regards,


ROBERT SWAN MUELLER III
WASHINGTON D.C ROOM, 7367
J. EDGAR HOOVER FBI BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, DC 20535,
EMAIL: fbi.icc.safetywatchs@live.com
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE



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