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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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Fraud email example:

From: "James B. Comey, Jr" <bureaufederal78@raysmvp.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2016 06:18:34 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Your Fund Release Notice!!!!

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Website: www.fbi.gov



This is to inform you that it has come to the notice board of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), That the sum of US$2,500,000.00 has been transferred to your account here in United State of America . And the rightful beneficiary is you .

That is why we have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper verification and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive this fund, because the above mentioned amount is a big amount of money, that is why we want to make sure that it is a clear and legal money you are about to receive.

Be informed that the fund have hit your bank account, but right now we have given instruction to your bank, not to release the fund to anybody that comes to them in respect of this money, unless we ask them to do so, because we have to carry out our investigations with the World Bank in Switzerland first before releasing the fund to you. Note that the fund is in BANK OF AMERICA right now, but we have ask them not to credit your designated account yet, because we need some proof and verify that this fund is not related to Drug Free/Anti Terrorist from you before releasing.

So to this regards you are to reassure and proof to us that what you are about to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Drug Free/Anti-Terrorist Certificate to satisfy to us that the money you are about to receive is real money. You are to forward the documents to us immediately if you have it with you, if you don't have it let us know so that we will direct and inform you where to obtain the document and send to us so that we will ask the Bank Of America/World Bank Switzerland to go ahead Crediting your designated account immediately.

These Document are to be issued to you from the place where the fund was transferred from, so get back to us immediately if you do not have the document so that we will inform you on the particular place and what it will take to obtain the document in your favour in Federal Republic Of Nigeria, because we have come to realize that the fund is transferred from the Federal Republic Of Nigeria.

You are advised to forward to this office immediately the Ecological Certificate if you have it with you, but if you don't have it we will urge you to contact our representative in Nigeria below this message to help you secure the Ecological Certificate if you do not have it.

Name: Mr. Nnowa Ocha
Email: nnowa.ocha@openmailbox.org

Furthermore, we are giving you only but 3 working business days to forward the requested Ecological Certificate.

NOTE: An FBI Identification Record and Certificate Of Ownership often referred to as a Criminal History Record or Rap Sheet, is a listing of certain information taken from fingerprint submissions retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in some instances, federal employment,Naturalization or military service. If the fingerprints are related to an arrest, the Identification Record includes name of the agency that submitted the fingerprints to the FBI, the date of arrest, the arrest charge, and the disposition of the arrest, if known to the FBI. All arrest data included in an Identification Record is obtained from fingerprint submissions, disposition reports and other reports submitted by agencies having criminal justice responsibilities.

The FBI will charge you and take proper action against you if you do not proof to us the legitimacy of the fund you are about to receive.

Best Regards,

James B. Comey, Jr
E-mail: jbc.fbi21@openmailbox.org

C-C -. Homeland Security Council
C-C -. CIA
C-C -. International Police


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