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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 INVESTIGATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jones_andres@yahoo.dk>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 05:48:59 +0800
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION A

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.
FBI Headquarters in Washington , D.C. 
J. Edgar Hoover Building , 935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington , D.C. 20535-0001 USA
www.fbi.gov
 
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY
This e-mail has been issued to you in order to officially inform you that we have completed an investigation on an
 
International Payment in which was issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of our newly developed
 
technology (International Monitoring Network System) we discovered that your e-mail address was automatically selected by
 
an Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the sum of $2.4million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United
 
States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System
 
and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT.
Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT by your local bank. We have
 
successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the world wined,
 
so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $2.4million USD has been
 
deposited with IMF. We have completed this investigation and you are here by approved to receive the winning prize as we
 
have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited with
 
IMF you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is
 
located in Cotonou, Benin Republic. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following,
(1) Deposit Fee's ( IMF INTERNATIONAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE )
(2) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to
your home address)
The total amount for everything is $98.00 We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $98.00 should be deducted
 
from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited IMF and cannot be accessed by anyone
 
apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this your
 
transaction  In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge ( Mr. Andres
 
Jones ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:
CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr. ANDRES JONES
E-MAIL :( jones_andres@yahoo.dk)
PHONE:  +229 994 44 317
You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
OCCUPATION:
You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how to send the required $98.00 in order to
 
immediately ship your prize of $2.4million USD via INTERNATIONAL CERTIFIED BANK DRAFT from IMF, also include the following
 
transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction: EA2948-910.
This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $98.00 ONLY
 
to Mr. Andres Jones information in which he shall send to you,
Faithfully Yours,
For And On Behalf Of
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr.James B. Comey, Jr.
Executive Director

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