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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 WALKER <fundoffice719@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fbiofficebeninrpub@qq.com
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2015 06:10:08 -0800
Subject: FBI SIGNED AGAINST YOU,

DIRECTIVES AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU ON THE 25TH
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 7 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 TO HELP YOU BECAUSE I WOULD NOT BE
HAPPY TO SEE YOU END UP IN JAIL AND ALL YOURPROPERTIES 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 $150 USD 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
INFORMATION'S TO ONE IMPOSTOR/FRAUDSTERS FROM AFRICA FEW WEEKS 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 $4,800,000.00 USD.I PLEADED ON YOUR
BEHALF SO THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU THE 01/04/2015 BEING NEXT
TOMORROW 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 OR MONEY
GRAM MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW DETAILS.RECEIVER NAME: NWIEKU
EDWINCOUNTRY IS / BENIN REPUBLICCITY ADDRESS IS /COTONOUQUESTION:
URGENTANSWER: NOW.MTCN======
OUNT=====$150 USDSENDERS
NAME=====PHONE:=======SEND THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO ME WHICH ARE SENDERS NAME
AND ADDRESS, MTCN NUMBER, TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER USED AND THE AMOUNT
SENT.MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T HESITATE MAKING THE PAYMENT DOWN TO THE
AGENCY BY TODAY BEING THE 11TH 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 $4,800,000.00 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 WITH US AND YOUR ID TO TRACE
YOU IF YOU DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTIONS.THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.THANKS
AS I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSERESPECTIVELYAGENT ROBERT WALKERE-MAIL(
office_2011@inbox.ru )FBI SPECIAL AGENT *

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