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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 G McCABE <sara.rejmanova@jezkovyvoci.eu>
Reply-To: cm28021942@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2018 05:03:49 +1200
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)



THIS IS THE (F.B.I)
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001
E=MAIL:(cm28021942@yahoo.com)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)

ATTENTION

THIS IS THE FINAL WARNING YOU ARE GOING TO RECIEVE FROM ME DO YOU GET
ME????
I HOPE YOU UNDERSTAND HOW MANY TIMES THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN SENT TO YOU?.

WE HAVE WARNED YOU SO MANY TIME AND YOU HAVE DECIDED TO IGNORE OUR
E-MAILS
OR BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE WE HAVE NOT BEEN INSTRUCTED TO GET YOU ARRESTED,
AND
TODAY IF YOU FAIL TO RESPOND BACK TO US WITH THE PAYMENT ,THEN WE WOULD
FIRST SEND A LETTER TO THE MAYOR OF THE CITY WHERE YOU RESIDE AND DIRECT
THEM TO CLOSE YOUR BANK ACCOUNT UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN JAILED AND ALL YOUR
PROPERTIES WILL BE CONFISCATED BY THE FBI.
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 HAS BEEN SENT TO ALL THE CRIMES
AGENCIES IN AMERICA FOR THEM TO INSERT 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
SIGNED,
ENDORSED AND STAMPED AS YOU WHERE 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 FROM 26th OF
January TO 27TH January 2018 TO SEND THE FEE.
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 CONFISCATED.
YOU FAILED TO COMPLY WITH OUR DIRECTIVES AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE
DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU ON THE 3RD 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 IF 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
THAT IT WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN ALL THE LOCAL CHANNELS THAT YOU ARE WANTED
BY
THE FBI.

AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN AND A HONEST MAN, 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 COULD HELP YOU GET THE PROCESS DONE AND HE
STATED
THAT HE WILL ENDORSE, SIGN AND STAMP THE DOCUMENT AT THE SUM OF $60 USD
ONLY AND I BELIEVE THIS PROCESS IS CHEAPER FOR YOU.
YOU NEED TO DO EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WITHIN 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 LEARNT
THAT
YOU WERE THE PERSON THAT FORWARDED YOUR IDENTITY TO ONE
IMPOSTOR/FRAUDSTERS
IN BENIN LAST YEAR WHEN HE HAD A DEAL WITH YOU ABOUT THE TRANSFER OF
SOME
ILLEGAL FUNDS INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WHICH IS VALUED AT THE SUM OF
$10.500,000.00 USD.

I PLEADED ON YOUR BEHALF SO THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU FROM NOW
TILL
TOMORROW TO SEND THE FEE, SO THAT YOU COULD GET THIS PROCESS DONE
BECAUSE
I LEARNT THAT YOU WERE SENT SEVERAL E-MAIL WITHOUT GETTING A RESPONSE
FROM
YOU, PLEASE BEAR IT 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 TRANSFER OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER WITH THE BELOW
DETAILS.


RECEIVER NAME ==== MR.FRANK NJOKU
COUNTRY========== BENIN REPUBLIC
TEXT QUESTION==== WHEN
TEXT ANSWER===== TODAY
AMOUNT=====$60USD
SENDERS NAME======
MTCN=========

SEND THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO ME WHICH ARE SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS, MTCN
NUMBER, TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER USED AND THE AMOUNT SENT.
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 $10,500,000.00 USD
WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN TRANSFERRED TO YOU ALL THIS WHILE.
NOTE/ ALL THE CRIMES AGENCIES HAS 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 APPEAR IN COURT FOR ACT OF TERRORISM,MONEY LAUNDERING AND DRUG
TRAFFICKING CHARGES, SO BE WARNED NOT TO TRY ANY FUNNY BECAUSE YOU ARE
BEEN
WATCHED.
THE ONLY THING THAT WILL SAVE YOU FROM THIS MESS NOW IS THIS CERTIFICATE
THAT WE NEED TO GET FROM BENIN REPUBLIC.

THANKS AS I WAIT FOR YOUR RESPONSE

Best Regards,
ANDREW G McCABE
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE,
NW WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001

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