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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 Agent Chris Hacker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chrishacker565@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2019 14:19:06 +0100
Subject: FBI (RECEIVED YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT FUNDS)

From: Agent Chris Hacker Field Office
Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Atlanta Division
FBI Headquarters 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
 
 
Urgent: Attention
 
This is Chris Hacker Airport Houston, Texas USA (FBI) department. There is a Consignments boxes hold in our restricted bonded store for a forensic analysis. On routine investigation, I discovered that this consignment has your email address on the bill of entry and also some backup documents which bears your name as the Beneficiary/Receiver of the money. Investigation carried out on the diplomat that accompanied the boxes into the United States, said that he was to deliver the fund to your residence as Compensation inheritance payment fund owed to you by the Federal Government of Nigeria to deliver through the security company.
 
Meanwhile, we cross check the boxes were scanned found out that it contained large sum of money ($10.5 million) The Consignment was originally declared as personal effect while the real content is cash money. We check all the legal documents in the boxes but we found out that your consignment was lacking an important document and we cannot release the boxes to the diplomat until the document is found.
 
According to Internal Revenue Code (IRC) in Title 26 also contain reporting requirement on a Form 8300, Report of Cash Payment Over $10,000 Received in a Trade or Business, money laundering activity may violate 18 USC §1956, 18 USC 1957, 18 USC 1960, and provision of Title 31, and 26 USC 6050I of the United States Code (USC), this section will discuss only those money laundering and currency violation under the jurisdiction of IRS, your consignment lacks Tax Clearance Certificate from the joint team of IRS and IRC, therefore you need to reply back immediately for direction on how to procure this certificate to enable us relieved the charge of evading the law on you, which is a punishable offense in the United States.
 
You are required to reply back within 72hours or you will be prosecuted in a court of law for money laundering, also you are instructed to desist from further contact with any bank(s) or person(s) in the United kingdom or any part of the world regarding your payment because your consignment has been confiscated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation here in the United States.
 
Best Regards,
 
Yours in service
 
From: Agent Chris Hacker Field Office
Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Atlanta Division
FBI Headquarters 935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Email; chrishacker565@gmail.com

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