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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: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION <majgenpresbetts06@gmail.com>
Reply-To: investigation.antifraudunit@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2022 10:55:17 +0100
Subject: FBI REPORT

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
Website: www.fbi.gov.
FBI OFFICE CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS : investigation.antifraudunit@gmail.com

ATTENTION FUND BENEFICIARY,

This is official advice from the FBI foreign Remittance department. It has
come to our notice that the Bank of America district has released
$300,000.00 United State Dollars into Bank of America in your name as the
beneficiary by inheritance means.

The world bank knowing fully well that they do not have enough facilities
to effect this payment, used what we know as a secret FBI DIPLOMATIC
IMMUNITY SEAL OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE (DIST CERTIFICATE) to transfer these
fund via wire transfer. They are still waiting for confirmation from you on
the already transferred funds which were made in direct transfer so that
they can do final crediting into your account.

We advice you contact our office immediately with the office email address (
investigation.antifraudunit@gmail.com) since the funds have been stopped
and are been held in our custody, until you are able to provide us with a
Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer certificate within 3 days from the
world bank that authorize the transfer. We shall release the funds
immediately we receive this legal document.

GUARANTEE: Your funds will be released on confirmation of the DIST
CERTIFICATE, But If you fail to provide these vital documents to us. We
will charge you guilty with the FBI and take our proper action against you
for not proving to us the legitimacy of the fund you are about to receive.

FINALLY WE ADVISE YOU TO CONTACT US IMMEDIATELY WITH OUR OFFICE EMAIL
ADDRESS AS STATED ABOVE SO WE CAN PROCEED IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR OWN INTEREST

Yours in Service

Christopher A. Wray
FBI Director

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