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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: "James B. Comey Jr" <www.@friend.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "James B. Comey Jr" <fbifbius11@yeah.net>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2016 02:22:46 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From FBI Headquarters Washington DC 20535-0001,


From FBI Headquarters Washington DC 20535-0001,
Address: 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20535-0001,
Director-Sir James B. Comey Jr,
Phone (202) 852 0499,
Fax: (212) 384407,
fbiusfbi@fbi.gov,
fbifbius11@yeah.net,
Motto: Safety,
Ref: DE-FBI-RC.

Good Day,

US federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Headquarter believed you received the previous messages sent to you prior to your dealing with the US Customs Authority at JFK John F. Kennedy International Airport New York as regards to your over due contract payment as consignment trunk box worth sum of $8 000.000.00 (Eight Million Dollars only) which was endorsed in your
favor and like we stated earlier, we have dully screened through this project as stipulated on our protocols of operation and have finally confirmed that your contract payment is 100% genuine and hitch free from all facet and of which you have the lawful right to claim your fund without any further delay.

However we are hereby informing you again that your Consignment Trunk Box worth sum of ($8,000.000.00) Eight Millions United Dollars is delivering to you by Diplomat-Frank D. Mark from Benin Republic who boarded an Air France with Flight no 547 (FA547) was here because there is a little issue occurred after X-ray scan of the box here in NYC We have waited enough because we sent you an e-mail in your local language but no response from you now I‘m sending another email to you in English Language, so if you don’t need this delivery any more kindly let me know immediately you receive this message today so that I will send a report to the JFK Customs and concentrate on my duty and to release the consignment trunk box to your sister Mrs.Janet Frederick you assigned as your Representative who told us that you sent her again to make sure
she come back home with the consignment and she submitted all the documentation for evidence that you have been sentence to life imprisonment which I suspect as fake paper,I want to personally assure you that you will have every course to smile and be happy upon conclusion of this project as we will continue monitoring all your services with them at all level as well as our correspondence until you received your Metal Trunk Box accordingly.

We are protecting your interest and that is the reason why we are doing all we can to make sure all is clear because this is a huge amount of money we can not wish you to lose. We understand that the imposed fee might be too much for you to pay now so we further make things easier for you by discussed with the US Customs Authority at JFK John F.Kennedy International Airport New York on your behalf for them to give you the grace of sending half of the fee for now, after the Diplomatic Agent deliver your consignment trunk box and you confirm your $8Million in it, then you pay the remaining balance and they agreed with one condition that the half should be sending to Benin Republic the country origin because they can not accept receiving half of the fee here in USA, but if you want to send the fee within USA then you must pay the whole $300.

Now the question is do you want to send whole $300 within USA ? Or do you want to send half of it which is $150 to Benin Republic ? Therefore the Customs Clearance Certificate CCC which was initially on the high price of $300 has been cut-down to $150 considering the poor economic situations that make it difficult for the middle class citizens to meet up with the clearance of their entitlement.

Its better you conclude these matter within the given date since power of attorney we received from Mrs Janet Frederick ask us to change the beneficiary to her name stating that you have been sentence to life imprisonment hence. we are seeking for your confirmation. She also submitted her account and residence address for us to either Deliver or Transfer the funds to her through one of her options I advise that you try your best to come up with the payment as soon as possible if you are not imprisoned so that your box can leave for dispatch before 12 hours according to the agreement paper,

So try as much as you can to make sure that you send the fee immediately receive this mail so that all your effort to receive your consignment trunk box will not be in vain to another person‘s favor. Or shall we release your fund to her.


Yours sincerely
Director-Sir James B. Comey Jr
Phone, 202 852 0499

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