419 scam: "FBI OFFICE BUREAU INVESTIGATION" <fbiinvestigationmonitorngfund@gmail.com> Attention: My Friend, From FBI

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "consignment " (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- fbiinvestigationmonitorngfund@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FBI OFFICE BUREAU INVESTIGATION" <fbiinvestigationmonitorngfund@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fbiinvestigationmonitoringfund@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 May 2015 21:59:12 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Attention: My Friend, From FBI

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Field Intelligence Groups J.
Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
New York Office Annex Monitoring Team Groups

Attention: My Friend, From FBI

We sincerely apologized for sending you this sensitive information
via e-mail instead of a certified mail, post-mail, phone or face to
face conversation, it's due to the urgency and importance of the security
information of our citizenry, i am Special Agent William Grant from
the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Field Intelligence Groups
(FIGs). We intercepted two consignment boxes at JFK Airport, New
York.

The boxes were scanned and they contained large sum of money ($4.1
million) and also some backup documents which bears your name as the
Beneficiary/Receiver of the money. Investigation was carried out on
the diplomat that accompanied the boxes into the United States and
he said that he was to deliver the fund to your residence as overdue
payment owed to you by the Federal Republic of BENIN through the
security company in United Kingdom.

After cross-checking all legal documents in the boxes, we found out
that your consignment was lacking an important document and we can't
release the boxes to the diplomat until the document is found, we
have no other option than to confiscate your consignment.

According to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in Title 26 also contain
reporting requirement on a Form 8300, Report of Cash Payment Over
$10,000 Received in a Trade or Business, money laundering activity
may violate 18 USC §1956, 18 USC 1957, 18 USC 1960, and provision of
Title 31, and 26 USC 6050I of the United States Code (USC), this
section will discuss only those money laundering and currency violation
under the jurisdiction of IRS, your consignment lacks proof of
ownership certificate from the joint team of IRS and IRC, therefore
you need to reply back immediately for direction on how to procure this
certificate to enable us relieved the charge of evading the law on
you, which is a punishable offense in the United States.

You are required to reply back within 72hours or you will face the
charge in a court of law for money laundering, also you are
instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or
person(s) in Nigeria or the United Kingdom or any part of the world regarding
your payment because your consignment are under our custody by the
Federal Bureau of Investigation here in the United States.

Yours In Service,
Special Agent William Grant
Regional Deputy Director
Field Intelligence Groups (FIGs)
Office Annex Monitoring Team Groups

Attention: My Friend, From FBI

fbiinvestigationmonitorngfund@gmail.com

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