419 scam: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION"<test@fideis.com> RE

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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.
The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "uk national lottery" (can only win this lottery if you bought a ticket)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbi.1234567890@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 08:07:52 -0700
Subject: RE

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION

FBI HEADQUARTERS IN NEW YORK

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

https://www.fbi.gov/

Attn: Email Owner

It has come to our notice and thoroughly completed an investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that your E-mail address was among the email that Won UK National lottery Award which you did not claim, we want to let you know that one of the bank worker where your fund was deposited arrange with his friend to come as the owner of the E-mail that won the prize which they claim your fund, but now your fund has been recovered from them and they have been arrested.

If you receive any E-mail that you is from an unknown sender and you dont understand the content properly, endeavor to forward it to us immediately for verification purpose.

It has come to the attention of our Money trafficking investigation department, that you have some funds valued £950,000.00 Pounds in your name, the said payment is awaiting adjudication and we have authorized this funds to be paid to you, the funds are from the UK NATIONAL LOTTERY.

Kindly Re-confirm, Names, Address, Phone Number, Age / sex, Occupation and Country, to avoid double claim of your funds.

NOTE: If You Receive This Message In Your Junk Or Spam It's Due To Your Internet Provider.

YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE IS NEEDED.    .

Yours Sincerely,

John S. Adams

F.B.I DIRECTOR.

EMAIL: fbi.1234567890@yandex.com

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam