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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)" <"www."@festa.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FBI <us_Airportauthority@mail2Finance.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2017 06:30:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention!!

FBI HEADQUARTER ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONITORY CRIMES DIVISION FBI HEADQUARTERS IN
WASHINGTON, D.C. USA. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)
HEADQUARTER ADDRESS: EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001

Attention!!

Today" we discovered that you have been making foreign illegal
transactions with Western Unions, Money Grams, Diplomatic Agents and Banks with
Europe Country and West African Countries and (Benin, Nigeria, Ghana,Uk etc.).

We went further with the investigations and found out that you don't have Money
Laundering Clearance Certificate from IMF, which is a major Federal Offense.

You have violated the Federal Law, which constituted against smuggling of large
amount of money and trafficking of drug e.t.c., without having Money Laundering
Clearance Certificate before you commenced the transaction. You want to receive
such huge amount of money from Western Union Headquarter Benin Republic which
is a foreign transaction. That's why we stopped every transaction in your name.

Furthermore, be advised that according to the FEDERAL Law Enforcement Agency
together with the FBI rules and regulations, you are to obtain the document
from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Benin Republic which
is the origin of the fund in question. Also Note that you are to take care of
the document to be issued to you right away, because due to the contents of the
document and how importance and secured the document is, you are to take care
of the document by sending the sum of $550usd Dollars only to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC Agent, "Muhammad Mustapha Abdallah" for issuing
of the document right away and your payment will be release to you by the legally
recognized office. That is the only way the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, Benin Republic will issue you the document, because they are going
to issue you the Authentic and Original copy of the documents.

Note that your rights are limited; anything you SAY or DO will be used as
evidence against you in the court of Law. You have the full rights to remain
silent and obey the Law. Don't think we don’t know you or your address. We
will get you arrested if you fail to provide the document or pay for it to be
obtained from Benin Republic. The Arrest Warrant can only be withdrawn once the
document is obtained. There are three charges against you, which are:

1. Smuggling of a huge amount of money without Money Laundering Clearance
Certificate is a violation to Federal Law.
2. Smuggling of a huge amount of money without a proper documentation is a
violation 2016 Federal Constitution, otherwise, called illegal transaction.
3. it’s a Conspiracy, a Criminal Attempt and Disobedience to the Federal Law,
which will eventually lead you to 3-year imprisonment.

The charges Should be Send Through Money Gram or Western Union with the below payment information:

Recipient Name: Thomas Joseph Holley
address rt.5 box 2446 Patton Missouri 63662 USA
Amount::$550 usd
Sender name:
REF#/:

WARNING: Failure to pay for this documentation is a confirmation that you
wanted to smuggle the funds is a federal offense and a gross violation of the
Patriot Act and legal action will be taken immediately by arresting and
detaining you and if found guilty, you will be jailed. . . As terrorism, drug
trafficking and money laundering is a serious problem in our community today.
The F.B.I will not stop at any length in tracing down and prosecuting any
criminal who indulge in this criminal act.


Terrorist WASHINGTON Dc-anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
Fishier:US-FBI-Shaded Seal.svg

Your Faithfully,
Mr. James Comey Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI.

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