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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 <wj7053971@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jtrudeau765@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 05:13:27 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION

Dear Beneficiary,

This is the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) using this medium to
inform you that there is no more time left to waste because you have
been given Since January till this moment and you have failed to
secure the required Wire Transfer Documents from Office of the
Presidency as stated earlier and you must adhere to this directives to
avoid you blaming yourself at last when we must have arrested and
jailed you and all your properties confiscated.

You failed to comply with our directives to secure the Wire Transfer
Document from Office of the Presidency and that was the reason why we
didn't hear from you on the 26th of July as promised and our Executive
Director Mr. Christopher A. Wray , has already been notified about
this situation report and to get the process completed you have to
secure the Wire Transfer Documents from Office of the Presidency
immediately with the help of Mr. Paul Glenn or the warrant of arrest
which has been signed against you will be carried out in the next
72hours as strictly signed by the FBI Executive Director Mr.
Christopher A. Wray ,.

As a good Christian and a honest man, I have decided to see how I
could be of help to you because I would not be happy to see you end up
in jail and all your properties confiscated, I called Mr. Paul Glenn
of the Office of the Presidency who will help you secure the Wire
Transfer Documents and he stated that he will assist you as soon as
you send to him the sum of US$100.00 Only and I believe this process is
cheaper for you.

You need to do everything possible within today and tomorrow to send
the US$100.00 to Mike Tochi who will help you secure the Wire
Transfer Documents in your name because our Executive Director Mr.
Christopher A. Wray , has called to inform me that the warrant of
arrest has been signed against you and once it has been approved, then
the arrest will be carried out and from our investigations we learnt
that you were the person that forwarded your identity to one
impostor/fraudsters in Benin Republic when he had a deal with you
about the transfer of some illegal funds into your Bank Account which
is valued at the sum of US$10,500,000.00.

I pleaded with the FBI Executive Director Mr. Christopher A. Wray , on
your behalf so that this agency could give you 72 hours so that you
can secure the Wire Transfer Documents with the help of Mr. Paul Glenn
as soon as you send the sum of US$100.00 to him as this is the only
way that I can be able to help you at this moment or you would have to
face the law and its consequences once it has befall you.



Note: all the crime agencies have been contacted on this regards and
we shall trace and arrest you if you disregard this instructions. You
have been given 72 hours to make the payment so that Mr. Paul Glenn
will help you secure the Wire Transfer Documents and if you fail, you
will be arrested and tried in the court for Terrorism, Money
Laundering and Drug Trafficking Charges, so be warned not to try any
thing funny because you are been watched.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Yours Faithfully.

For the FBI Office
Mr. Justin Trudeau
Associate Deputy Director

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