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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 (FBI)" <gainzamotor@bitnavarra.com>
Reply-To: andrewmccabe911@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 03:58:07 -0800
Subject: Contact us ASAP.



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Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI)
Office of the Associate Deputy Director,
FBI Headquarters, J. Edgar Hoover Building
New Washington, D.C 935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
205350001 USA.

Attention: Beneficiary,

According to the ethics of an office, introduction is always very
important on a first contact like this. I am Mr. Andrew G. McCabe,
Associate Deputy Director, FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C USA. This
Official Memorandum is to inform you that we discovered that some
officials whom work under the United States government have attempted to
divert your Funds (US$10,500,000:00) through a back-door channel. We
actually discovered this today, through our Secret Agents under the
Disciplinary Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after we
apprehended (Mr. Ali Aeraby) a money laundering suspect.

The mentioned suspect was apprehended at the Dulles International
Airport early this morning, as he attempted to carry the enormous cash
value of US$10,500,000:00 outside the shores of USA. In respect to the
money laundering decree of United States, such amount of money cannot be
moved in cash outside United States because such attempt is a criminal
offense and is punishable under the money laundering act of 1982 of
United States of America. This decree is a globalize law applicable in
most developed countries in order to check-mate terrorism and money
laundering.

From our gathered information here in this Unit, we discovered that the
said Funds in question actually belongs to you, but it had been
purposely delayed because the officials in charge of your Payment are
into some sort of irregularities which is totally against the ethics of
any Payment institution. Presently, this said Funds valued
US$10,500,000:00 is under the custody of the Paying Bank (Guaranty Bond
Bank - USA) and I can assure you that your Funds will be released to you
without any hitch provided that you are sincere to us in this matter.
Also, we require your positive co-operation at every level because we
are closely monitoring this very transaction in order to avert the bad
eggs in our society of today.

Today dated 15th December 2015, we have instructed the Executive
management of Guaranty Bond Bank (USA) to Release the said Funds to you
as the certified Beneficiary in question, because we have valuable
information's/records to authenticity that the said Funds truly belongs
to you. Be that as it may, you are required to provide us with below
listed information's (for our official final verification).

1. First Name, Middle Name and Last Name.
2. Age.
3. Occupation.
4. Marital Status.
5. Direct Telephone/Fax Number.
6. Residential address.

We await your immediate compliance to this official obligation, so that
you can be paid by Guaranty Bond Bank (USA).

Officially Sealed.

Mr. Andrew G. McCabe.
Associate Deputy Director,
FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C USA

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