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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: "ROBERT R.WALKER" <diplomaticagent044@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fbiinvestigation906@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 03:09:40 -0800
Subject: DEAR OWNER

DEAR OWNER,


YOU FAILED TO COMPLY WITH OUR DIRECTIVES AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY
WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU ON THE 8th OF March AS OUR DIRECTOR HAS
ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT YOU GET THE PROCESS COMPLETED YESTERDAY
AND RIGHT NOW THE WARRANT OF ARREST HAS BEEN SIGNED AGAINST YOU AND IT
WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS STRICTLY SIGNED BY THE FBI
DIRECTOR.


WE HAVE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND OUT THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN
THE FRAUDULENT DEAL WAS COMMITTED WITH YOUR INFORMATION'S/IDENTITY AND
RIGHT NOW IF YOUR ID IS PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE AS A WANTED PERSON, I
BELIEVE YOU KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A SHAME TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY
BECAUSE AFTER THEN IT WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN ALL THE LOCAL CHANNELS THAT
YOU ARE WANTED BY THE FBI.


AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN AND A HONEST MAN, I DECIDED TO SEE HOW I COULD BE
OF HELP TO YOU BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE HAPPY TO SEE YOU END UP IN JAIL
AND ALL YOUR PROPERTIES CONFISCATED ALL BECAUSE YOUR INFORMATION'S WAS
USED TO CARRY OUT A FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS, I CALLED THE EFCC AND
THEY DIRECTED ME TO A PRIVATE ATTORNEY WHO COULD HELP YOU GET THE
PROCESS DONE AND HE STATED THAT HE WILL ENDORSE, SIGN AND STAMP THE
DOCUMENT AT THE SUM OF $75USD ONLY AND I BELIEVE THIS PROCESS IS
CHEAPER FOR YOU.


YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WITHIN TODAY AND TOMORROW TO GET
THIS PROCESS DONE BECAUSE OUR DIRECTOR HAS CALLED TO INFORM ME THAT
THE WARRANT OF ARREST HAS BEEN SIGNED AGAINST YOU AND ONCE IT HAS BEEN
APPROVED, THEN THE ARREST WILL BE CARRIED OUT, AND FROM OUR
INVESTIGATIONS WE LEARN THAT YOU WERE THE PERSON THAT FORWARDED YOUR
I.D TO ONE IMPOSTOR/FRAUDSTERS CALLED DR USMAN SHAMSUDEEN LAST MONTH
WHEN HE HAD A DEAL WITH YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF SOME ILLEGAL FUNDS
INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WHICH IS VALUED AT THE SUM OF $1.5,000,000 USD.


I PLEADED ON YOUR BEHALF SO THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU THE
16/8/2013 BEING TODAY SO THAT YOU COULD GET THIS PROCESS DONE BECAUSE
I LEARN THAT YOU WERE SENT SEVERAL E-MAIL WITHOUT GETTING A RESPONSE
FROM YOU, PLEASE BEAR IT IN MIND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN
BE ABLE TO HELP YOU AT THIS MOMENT OR YOU WOULD HAVE TO FACE THE LAW
AND ITS CONSEQUENCES WITH IT HAS BEFALL ON YOU.


YOU WOULD MAKE THE PAYMENT THROUGH WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH
THE BELOW DETAILS.
RECEIVER NAME= Joseph Ngene
COUNTRY IS BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY ADDRESS IS COTONOU
QUESTION IN GOD?
ANSWER WE TRUST
AMOUNT=====$75.00 USD
SENDERS NAME=====


SEND THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO ME WHICH ARE SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS,
MTCN NUMBER, TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER USED AND THE AMOUNT SENT AND
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T HESITATE MAKING THE PAYMENT DOWN TO THE
AGENCY BY TODAY BEING THE 8th OF March SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE
CERTIFICATE ENDORSED, SIGNED AND STAMPED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ANY
FURTHER DELAY.




AFTER ALL THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO
PROCEED TO THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS WHICH
IS VALUED AT THE SUM OF $9,000,000.00 USD WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE
BEEN TRANSFERRED TO YOU ALL THIS WHILE.NOTE/ ALL THE CRIMES AGENCIES
HAS BEEN CONTACTED ON THIS REGARDS AND WE WOULD USE YOUR ADDRESS WHICH
IS STATED ABOVE AND YOUR ID TO TRACE YOU IF YOU DISREGARD THIS
INSTRUCTIONS.




THANKS AS I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE
RESPECTIVELY
AGENT ROBERT R.WALKER
FBI SPECIAL AGENT
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

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