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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 OFFICE <"ww1."@able.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: FBI OFFICE <fbioffice@instructor.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 08:03:22 +0900 (JST)
Subject: THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING!!!!!!


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI. WASHINGTON DC.
ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING.

THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING!!!!!!

This is the final warning to you that you are going receive from
me do you get that? I hope you understand how many times this message
has been sent to you.
We have warned you so many times and you have decided to ignore
our e-mails or because you believe we have not been instructed to get
you arrested today, if you fail to respond back to us with the payment
details below,then we would first send a letter to the MAYOR of the
city where you reside in you city and direct them to close your bank
account until you have been jailed and all your properties will be
confiscated by the FBI,CIA and other enforcement agency. We would also
send a letter to the company/agency that you are working for so that
they could get you fired until we are through with our investigations
because a suspect is not suppose to be working for the government or
any private organization.
Your ID which we have in our database have been sent to all the crimes
agencies in your city for them to inset you in their website as an
internet fraudsters and to warn people from having any deals with you.
This would have been solved all this while if you had gotten the
CERTIFICATE ENDORSED AND STAMPED as you were instructed in the e-mail below.
This is the federal bureau of investigation (FBI) am writing in response to
the e-mail you sent to us and am using this medium to inform you that there
is no more time left to waste because you have been given a mandate. As
stated earlier to have the document endorsed,
signed and stamped without failure and you must adhere to this directives
to avoid you blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and jailed
you for life and all your properties will be seized and bank account will
be confiscated too.
You failed to comply with our directives/instruction and that was the reason
why we didn't hear from you, as our director has already been notified about
you get the process completed yesterday and right now the WARRANT OF ARREST
has been signed against you and it will be carried out in the next 48hours
as strictly signed by the FBI director. We have investigated and found out
that you didn't have any idea when the fraudulent deal was committed with your
information's/identity and right now your ID is placed on our website as a
wanted person, I believe you know that it will be a shame to you and your
entire family because after then it will be announce in all the local channels
that you are wanted by the Federal bureau.
I decided to see how i could be of help to you because i would not be happy to
see you end up in jail and all your properties confiscated all because your
information's was used to carry out a fraudulent transactions, i called the EFCC
and they directed me to a private attorney who can help you get the process
done and he ensured that he will endorse and stamp the document with the sum
of $500 only and i believe this process is cheaper for you.
You need to do every possible today and tomorrow to get this process done because
our director has called to inform me that the warrant of arrest has been
signed against you and once it has been approved, then the arrest will be carried out,
and from our investigations we learn that you were the person that forwarded your
identity to one impostor/fraudsters in Nigeria and Benin republic when he had a
deal with you about the transfer of some illegal funds the sum of ($11,5Millions usd).
I pleaded on your behalf so that this agency could give you sometime so that you
could get this process done because i learn that you were sent several e-mail without
getting a response from you,but Bear this in mind that this is the only way that i can
be able to help you at this moment or you would have to face the law and its
consequences once it has befall on you.
You would make the payment through money gram money transfer with the below details.

Receiver's Name;____________________Godwin Ike
Country;___________________________Benin Republic
City;______________________________ Cotonou
Amount;__________________________$500.USD
Sender's Name____________________?
MTCN___________________________?

Send the payment details to me as stated above and make sure that you didn't hesitate making
the payment down to the agency by today so that they could have the certificate endorsed,
signed and stamped immediately without any further delay. After all this process has been carried out,
then we would have to proceed to the bank for the transfer of your compensation funds which is
valued at the sum of ($11,5Millions usd) which was suppose to have been transferred to you all this while.
Note: All the crimes agencies have been contacted on this regards and we shall Trace and arrest
you if you disregard this instructions. You are given a grace today to make the payment for the
document after which your failure to do that will attract a maximum arrest and finally you will be appearing
in court for act of terrorism,money laundering and drug trafficking charges, so be warned not to try
anything funny because you are been watched.

Yours Sincerely,
MR.JAMES B COMBY


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

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