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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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Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT S. MUELLER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbi_alertorganisation@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 10:38:58 +0100
Subject: NEEDED DIST CERTIFICATE

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001


Attention:

This is an official letter from the FBI. it has come to our notice that bank
of Nigeria has released 10,500,000.00 U.S dollars. To bank of America in your
name as the beneficiary, By Inheritance means. The bank of Nigeria knowing
fully well that they do not have the ability to effect this Payment through
the United Kingdom directly to your account, used what we know as a ?secret
diplomatic transit payment? (S.D.T.P) method to pay this fund by Wire
transfer. They have used this means to complete the payment and they are
waiting for confirmation from you on your transferred funds; Secret diplomatic
payments are not made unless the funds are related to terrorist activities.

The question i ask you is this, why must your payment be made in a secret
transfer, if the transaction is Legitimate, if you are not a terrorist, then
why did you not receive the money directly into your account? Why did you
instruct them to use a coded means to effect your Payment? In the past funds
like this have always been related to terrorist activities/money laundering,
we do not want you to get into trouble as soon as these funds are credited
into your account Because you might be innocent, which is my presumption for
now, but you need to proof that you are innocent.

It is our duty to correct this anomaly before this fund is Credited to your
personal account. F.B.I has stopped the transfer of $10,500,000.00 usd through
a secured diplomatic transit account (S.D.T.A).that was used to wire this fund
to you.note We oversee funds Transfer for the World Bank.

So we advice you to contact us immediately, as your funds have been stopped And are being held in our custody, and until you provide us with the diplomatic immunity seal of
transfer (DIST) document that accompanied your funds within the next 3 days.

You are hereby been advice to contact the office of the Accountant General of
the Nigeria Central Bank via the email and office information stated below for
the release and issuance of the Needed DIST CERTIFICATE to enable this office
see to the release of your fund been deposited with the Bank of America.

Name: Dr olaiya foladara
Office: Central Bank of Nigeria Accountant General Office
Tel: +234-7085669719
Email:contactcenralbnkofnigeria2@gmail.com


we will keep your funds in a suspense account to proof to us that the funds
you are receiving from Nigeria is terrorist/drug free and not proceeds from
money laundering in connivance with the known corrupt government officials Of
Nigeria. Failure to produce the DIST document, We shall have cause to impound
the transfer and prosecute you for criminal offense, but on the contrary we
will release your funds immediately we receive the DIST document.

We have decided to contact you directly by email because of time as a major
factor, Acquire the proper document as proof to show to us that you are The
rightful person to receive this fund, we want to certify the legitimacy of
this funds you are about to receive.

Note that 10,500,000.00 U.S dollars is already in Sherman Texasa branch of the
Bank of America now in your favor, but we have asked them not to demand from
you your local bank account information, to do final crediting to you, because
we need a solid proof From you before releasing the funds, to this effect, you
are to proof to us that what you are about to receive is legitimate by
sending to us your Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer (DIST) document to
certify that the fund is not for terrorism/money laundering.

If it?s in your possession you are to Forward the documents to us immediately
if you don?t have it let us know so that we can direct your where to get it.
This Documents will be issued from the Bank That authorized the transfer, so
get back to us immediately if you don?t have the document so that we can
direct you to a particular office where you can obtain the document.

{Diplomatic Immunity Seal of Transfer document), The DIST is very important
because the DIST document guarantees you of the under listed
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60t it guarantees the Beneficiary Credit payment is Irrevocable
61h it guarantees the Beneficiary has full power to receive the funds without further scrutiny
62j it guarantees the Beneficiary bank can either be in USA/UK/OUTSIDE or anywhere the beneficiary is and can receive his/her payment in any country of full residency
64t it guarantees the Beneficiary has cleared all bank protocols and validation has been authenticated
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You should reply immediately with this needed document if you really want to
receive your transferred funds we intercepted.


ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
cc: Canadian police association
cc: general intelligence department (GID)
cc: Asia pacific group on money laundering (APG)
cc: federal bureau of investigation (FBI USA)
hrt

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