419 scam: FBI OFFICE <u.k.fedex.office.2019@gmail.com> FROM FBI OFFICE

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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: FBI OFFICE <u.k.fedex.office.2019@gmail.com>
Reply-To: f.b.i.2018@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 19:35:49 +0100
Subject: FROM FBI OFFICE

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Good Day My name is Christopher Asher Wray, I'm an American attorney
who is the 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, I
serving since 2017. From 2003 to 2005,i served as Assistant Attorney
General in charge of the Criminal Division in George W. Bush's
administration. I was Born: 17 December 1966 (age 55 years), New York,
United States. Nationality: American, Office: Director of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation since 2017, Education: Yale Law School (1992),
Yale University (1989). I was Appointed as Federal Bureau of
Investigation Director by President Donald Trump since 2017. the
Reason why I explain my self clearly to you is to know who you are
real dealing with. I contact you to inform you that I discovered your
abandon fund worth $14.5 millions dollars. after our investigation
last month. the reason I don't contact you about the fund since
because i want be sure if you are the real owner. but after our
computer monitoring searching, it confirms that you are the real owner
of the fund. FBI will send you bank check of $14.5 millions dollars.
if you comply with us.

Best Regard.
Christopher Asher Wray FBI Director.

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