419 scam: "Timothy P. Murphy"<centralintelunitoffice1@usa.com> ACT NOW TO AVOID LEGAL ACTION FROM THE BUREAU

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- fedburicheck01@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Timothy P. Murphy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedburicheck01@usa.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 19:10:50 +0200
Subject: ACT NOW TO AVOID LEGAL ACTION FROM THE BUREAU

MONETARY CRIME DIVISION AND ANTI-TERRORIST.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
935 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 2053, USA.

Acting as a Federal Commission, our job is to protect the interest of citizens, whether a citizen of the United States or not. Now the reason why we are contacting you is because your Name and other personal details were found in the custody of a long wanted internet fraudster and they also pointed you out as their business partner after cross investigation.

The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. You are required to respond immediately and know what you are required to do so as to stop your name from been on the web list and if you refuse to comply with this, the agency will have no other option but to include your name and picture we obtained through your dealing with the suspected corn artist on our official website and you will join the other wanted persons. Go through this link carefully to see the list of wanted people on the bureau list, to show you that we will go to any length to make sure we reduce the growing rate of cyber crime to the minimum

http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_by_the_fbi

You have involved yourself in so many illegal activities such as illegal transaction, from illegal lottery winnings, to illegal bank transfers, diplomatic consignment and so many others and you have brought a lot of charges upon yourself knowingly and unknowingly. But I want you to know that ignorance is not an excuse in the law.

If you do not comply with our requirement which we have agreed to keep very confidential unless compelled to act by your non compliance to bring them to book and refund you every amount spent and compensation for the loss and damages done to your name which the agency would clean up on your behalf.
Non compliance will attract being arrested wherever you are and you will go to jail. I am not trying to scare you but I am telling you the position of things and the law will never be compromised, as we are partnering 800 law enforcement agencies to see that this is achieved as the world security eye.

Kindly respond to the email below with detail of transaction completed or pending, to enable us track down this evil criminals pretending to be your partners with good intentions and compensate you for your loss, which the federal government has put in place for sincere victims

Timothy P. Murphy
Executive Deputy Director.
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
E:mail: ( fedburicheck01@usa.com )

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