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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: "Andrew McCabe(FBI ACTING DIRECTOR)" <cstph-magdi@t-online.hu>
Reply-To: fbiofficeusa19@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2017 16:52:52 +0100
Subject: Re: Federal Bureau Of Investigation Seeking To Wiretap The Internet



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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001

Re: Federal Bureau Of Investigation Seeking To Wiretap The Internet

Attention: Beneficiary

The Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C (FBI) wrote to
inform you that we operate 56 field offices in major cities throughout
the United States of America many of these offices are further
Sub divided into smaller resident agencies which have jurisdiction
over a specific area. These resident agencies are considered to be
part of the primary field offices. FBI Headquarters, located in
Washington
D.C. The FBI have purposely create an email in order for us to contact
you personally, soon we will provide you with a line you can reach us
with for more information about this compensation funds.

Our mission is to help protect you, your communities, and your
businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation—from
international and domestic terrorists to spies on U.S. soil…from cyber
Villains to corrupt government officials…from mobsters to violent
gangs…from child predators to serial killers.


In regard to the previous mail sent to you concerning your
compensation fund of $750.000.00(seven hundred and fifty thousand
United States Dollars) which was recently endorsed by the US
government to compensate all the us citizens that have been scammed.
This is an instruction from the Office of the U.S President Donald
Trump.

In order for us to secure and protect your information's against
impostor/impersonators. You are to contact the Federal Reserve Bank
New York with their information below.

MRS. JANET L. YELLEN (Chair Person Of The Board Of Governors)
Email: ( frsbbank@usa.com )


Therefore, we advise that you follow up their procedure as may be
required from you as that will further hasten up the whole process
regard to the release of your compensation fund to you as instructed
by government . Just keep us updated on anything you are ask to do by
the corresponding bank.


Andrew McCabe(FBI ACTING DIRECTOR)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
j. edgar hoover building 935 pennsylvania avenue, nw washington, d.c.
20535-0001, usa

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