419 scam: "F.B.I- Federal Bureau of Investigation"<shihchia@19598.com> Greetings From Christopher Wray

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "F.B.I- Federal Bureau of Investigation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbi_federalbureauofinvestigation1@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2018 01:11:42 +0100
Subject: Greetings From Christopher Wray

From: Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI
Dept: Anti-Terrorist & Monetary Crimes Division
Address: 2001 Freedom Way,
Roseville, CA 95678, USA
Phone: +1-(925)-384-2587

Please call me at: +1-(925)-384-2587 !!!

May I have your attention please !!

This is to officially inform you that The Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI is aware of what you've been going through in respect of your funds that was approved to be paid to you a long time ago. But due to greed and selfishness among the persons that handled this transaction from the beginning, it has been almost impossible for the funds to get to you as the rightful owner. I want to let you know that nothing has happened to your fund, it is still safe and ready to be released to you.

My question is this; are you still willing and interested in receiving your fund payment for this year 2018? Get back to me with your answer and further procedure will be communicated to you upon my receipt of your response to my e-mail.

I will be expecting your immediate response for it’s very much important.

Urgent get back to us.

Faithfully Yours,

Christopher Wray,
The new FBI Director
Tell: +1-(925)-384-2587
Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI.

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