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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: FBI Headquarters <fbi.@carrot.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FBI Headquarters <mrkevin_perkins@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:40:40 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Form the FBI Office Mr. Kevin L. Perkins Associate Deputy Director

Contact FBI Headquarters
FBI Headquarters
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Note: At this time we do not have a national e-mail address for public questions or comments. Some of our local FBI offices, however, do have their own e-mail addresses.

Attention Dear, Greetings From Federal Bureau of Investigation {FBI} and United States Integration, am hereby to inform you that an alert come to us today from United Nation Official through the help of Federal Bureau of Investigation {FBI} here in United States. And according to the reporter, World bank organization together with United State Embassy Benin Republic, have approved to compensate 10 lucky beneficiaries as a scam victim with the Sum of $25.5miilon, and your email address was found among the 10 lucky beneficiaries,meanwhile the fund will be release this week as soon as the beneficiary meetup/comply with the instruction/requirements such as your personal information and your receiving method because we have Two option listed down here.

Secondly the law stated that every beneficiaries will take care of the expense base on your favorable means of receiving as listed here and its the law gilding the offer. Finally this compensate have a terminal date therefore any beneficiary who refuse or delayed to comply earlier, will definitely miss his/her fund and its just one weeks guarantee as directed thanks l will stop here till l hear from you

Here are the Two means of receiving the fund

(1) Bank To Bank Wire Transfer guarantee of two days It will cost You Just $199
(2) By ATM CARD means of courier delivery it will cost You Just $145

Kindly reconfirm to the bank or You Address the following the federal government will not beheld responsible for paying into wrong account, if this woman is not your representative, you requested to fill and send this information’s for verification purpose so that your fund valued ($25.5miilon) will be remitted in to your nominated bank account.

Kindly reconfirm to the bank details or Delivering Address the following

1. Bank Name:
2. Bank account number:
3. Route number:
4. Swift code:
5. Bank name:
6. Company name:
7. Position:
8. Address:
9. Working Id/ int’l Passport
10. Age:
11. Your telephone number

We are expecting your urgent respond together with your favorable option to enable us proceed immediately towards the transfer/delivery and guarantee the accomplishment in your favor thanks reply

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours Faithfully.

Form the FBI Office
Mr. Kevin L. Perkins
Associate Deputy Director

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