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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: williams moyes <williams2014a@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 20:05:19 -0700
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION


THIS MESSAGE IS COMING TO YOU FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. I AM
JAMES B. COMEY, JR, THE NEW FBI DIRECTOR NOMINATED BY PRESIDENT BARACK
OBAMA TO REPLACE THE PREVIOUS DIRECTOR ROBERT S. MUELLER DUE TO INTERNAL
LOGICAL PROTOCOLS GUIDING
INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL TRANSACTIONS, MY TENURE REPRESENT PEACE, EQUITY AND
JUSTICE AND RULE OF LAW SHALL PREVAIL. AMONG MY
PRIORITIES ARE TO ENSURE GLOBAL MAXIMUM SECURITY AND TO PROTECT FUNDAMENTAL
HUMAN RIGHTS. FBI HAS INCREASED THEIR PRIORITIES BECAUSE OF THE RECENT
GLOBAL TERRORIST THREAT.

WHY I AM REACHING YOU HERE IS BECAUSE FBI AUTHORITY HAS CONFIRMED YOUR FUND
IN THE AMOUNT OF US$5.5 MILLION WITH FEDERAL
MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)AND CENTRAL BANK OF BENIN (CBB) TO BE TRANSFER TO
YOU VIA INTERNATIONAL ATM PAYMENT CARD AFTER YOU
HAVE PAY US$55 ONLY. WE HAVE EVERY EVIDENCE THAT THE FUND IS YOUR FUND BUT
WHY YOU HAVEN'T RECEIVED THE FUND IS BECAUSE YOU
HAVE NOT PAID THE REQUIRED FEE. ALL I WANT YOU TO DO NOW IS TO SEND US$55
TO THE MAN DR.AUSTINE UZOMA. I AM IN POSITION NOW
FOLLOWING THE ENTIRE PROCESS OF THE FUND TRANSFER, IF YOU OBEY ME AND DO AS
I AM INSTRUCTING YOU HERE, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING
YOUR FUND SOONEST WITHOUT EXPERIENCING ANY DISAPPOINTMENTS


THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO USE SEND THE MONEY IS AS FOLLOW;

NAME: AUSTINE UZOMA,
LOCATION: BENIN REPUBLIC
QUESTION: IN GOD
ANSWER: WE TRUST?
AMOUNT TO SEND IS US$55 ONLY.
MTCN-----

AFTER YOU SENT THE MONEY EMAIL ME THE MTCN AS EVIDENCE TO ENABLE ME GET A
HOLD OF MR. AUSTINE UZOMA TO QUICKLY DELIVER THE ATM CARD TO YOU. HOWEVER,
I WILL LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MR.AUSTINE UZOMA ON THE BELOW INFORMATION SO
THAT HE WILL RECONFIRM TO YOU THE CORRECT INFORMATION YOU NEED TO USE SEND
THE MONEY TO THEM.

NAME: DR. AUSTINE UZOMA
DIRECTOR FUND TRANSFER DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF BENIN (CBB)
EMAIL: officefile18g@gmail.com

I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVE THE ATM CARD AND
START WITHDRAWING MONEY MAKING USE OF YOUR FUND. ONCE AGAIN I THANK YOU FOR
YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND COOPERATION AT THE SAME TIME I ASK YOU ACT FAST ON
THIS SEND THEM THE MONEY FOR URGENT DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD TO YOU LATEST
MONDAY. YOUR URGENT COOPERATION IS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED.

NOTE: Federal law provides server civil and criminal penalties on any crime
and It is the duty of the FBI to protect and safe guard the lives of good
people against the discrimination of international government and the
society they lived within.This
special arrangement of payment is to purge the system fraudsters to your
benefit and help you receive your funds,therefore this office would
anticipate your prompt response to this directives.


JAMES B. COMEY Jr
New Director. United States Federal Bureau of Investigation.(FBI)
Washington D.C

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