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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: "STATE AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <noticeoffice@usa.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 05:07:46 -0800
Subject: =?utf-8?B?W1NQQU1d?= - MESSAGE TO READ FROM STATE AUTHORITY DEPARTMENT

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP THE INTERNET                              
Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001, USA
 
 
Dearest Beneficiary,
These is in accordance to your mail at my desk. First and foremost i must make you understand that my duty here as a FEDERAL AGENT is to monitor all online transaction and guarantee the authenticity/legitimacy of these transaction.
In correspondence to the content of your message sent over to my desk and the content therein is well noted and understood, First of all i want you to take a good note of message you respond to, due to the fraudulent/scam mails on Internet as its Legally and Officially assigned to me.
 
 
Be informed that I have immediately sent a fax message to the United Nations Satellite Branch Auditor to have you contacted on the further requirement involved for the release of your fund and also notify the International Police (INTERPOL) Operation Officer (Ms. Sandra Phils) to support in monitoring the fund while on transfer transit process to ensure a successful reflection.
You are advised to contact the United Nations Satellite Branch Auditor Mrs. Brenda Todd with the information below and ensure you follow all their procedure as may be required by them as that will further help hasten up the whole procedures in regards to the release of your fund.
 
 
NAME: MRS. BRENDA TODD
Email Address: noticeoffice@usa.com
You are advice to get back to this office as soon as you contact the United Nations Satellite Branch Auditor in order for us to notify the International Monetary Fund in Spain to approve the transfer.
Thank you very much for your co-operation in advance as we monitoring.
Best Regards,
.
Robert S. Mueller
FBI Foreign Director
 
 
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:This communication and its attachments may contain non-public,confidential or legally privileged information.The unlawful interception, use or disclosure of such information is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, or have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by reply email and delete all copies of this communication and attachments
 

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