419 scam: "Mr. Bisi Coker"<info@fbi.org> FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION..

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "security keeping fee" (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. )
- "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
- "fbi washington" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real FBI will not tell you to contact some email address. If you are in any doubt, contact an FBI field office via www.fbi.gov. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Bisi Coker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <standardcorpbisi11@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2013 07:18:15 -0700
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU INVESTIGATION..

FBI Headquaters in Washington, D.C
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building 935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Nw Washington,D.C. 20535-0001
Http://www.fbi.gov

Attn:

We the federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI Washington) United States Of America have discovered through our intelligent monitoring network that you have a transaction going on as an inheritance payment,Lottery or Contract payment.

This is to officially inform you that, We have verified your contract/inheritance file, and found out why you have not received your payment. This is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your fund.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the non officials in the bank attempting to secure the release of the funds to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this has to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem right now, after concluding in a meeting with members of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), We came to a conclusion that every payment will be made through an ATM CARD as we have been having so many complaints from people who are been scammed hence we decided to use this means to pay all beneficiaries.

Your fund will be loaded in two batches into an ATM card, and sent to you, From this card you can withdraw a maximum of $9,500 per day from any ATM machine worldwide, but from the financial house,there is no limit.

1, FULL NAME
2, FULL ADDRESS (P.O box not acceptable)
3, PHONE AND FAX #
4, YOUR AGE,SEX AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

Below are the contact details of the Agent whom you will send your information to for the processing of the ATM card as soon as possible.

Name: James Zigla.
PHONE NUMBER : +234012325577

The Federal Bureau of investigation has been mandated to issue out your payment for this fiscal year 2013. Also for your information, You have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) who claim that they are established using it to defraud innocent people worldwide to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.

NOTE: Under normal circumstances you are suppose to come and collect your ATM CARD in person and sign some documents as proof of the collection of your ATM CARD but the IMF and the Finance Ministry insisted that you pay for the SECURITY KEEPING FEE of your ATM CARD which you are to pay $150 and your security code with five digit (FBI12) number has to be submitted alongside with your delivery information for security reasons.

Regards,

Faithfully Yours,
ROBERT S MUELLER III (FBI DIRECTOR)
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