419 scam: "FBI AGENT MR; ROBERT GODWIN"<<>> NOTICE!!! THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI

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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 phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "huge sum of money" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- agentrobertgodwin@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "FBI AGENT MR; ROBERT GODWIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentrobertgodwin@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 01:54:33 -0800
Subject: NOTICE!!! THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI

This is FBI SPECIAL AGENT MR. ROBERT GODWIN .this email is to inform
you that we conducted a meeting regarding the scam activities that has
been
going on in our country DAILY, and after our meeting, an online
investigation was carried with the help of our online monitoring network
to find out the list of people who have been scammed and your email and
details happens to be among the recovered list,

So after finding out that you're a scam victim, another investigation was
carried out on your behalf to know if you truly have any fund in your name
because from the information recovered from your devices we found out that
you've been having text and call conversation with strangers about a huge
sum of money which they made you believe will be yours as soon as you send
a particular fee to them, but after sending the said fee to them they keep
asking for more, and this has been going on for a long time which has made
you to lose a lot of money trying to get this huge amount of money,

From the investigation we conducted, am happy to tell you that you only
have one (1) fund in your name which was assigned to a delivery agent Mr.
Greg Frisk to deliver to you, in the year 12/07/2014, but he sold your
certificate of ownership and disappeared with your fund to an unknown
location, but an information came to my office from an FBI agent who was
among the agents sent to AFRICA to investigate fraudsters who had been in
the business of swindling foreigners especially those that has one form of
transaction/contracts and another, and he reported that Mr. Greg Frisk is
in Nigeria spending your fund and he shared your contact details to
scammers and that is the reason you keep receiving calls and texts from
people with fake name and fake ID card claiming to have funds in your name
but end's up collecting money from you,

Finally, I am glad to tell you that Mr. Greg Frisk has been arrested and
we found ($13.7 million dollars) in his account and you are going to
receive it as a compensation fund and that's the only fund in your name.
all you have to do now is to get back to me with your full details such
as.

{1} Full Name
{2} Cell Phone number
{3} Current Home Address
{4} Occupation
{5} Copy of your Identity card
{6} Age

NOTE: Be informed that action has to be taken ASAP, so I will advise that
you urgently respond to this message. And do not inform any of the people
that collected money from you before now about this new developments to
avoid jeopardizing our investigation, all you need to do is to follow my
instruction and receive your compensation fund accordingly as directed by
the United Nations.

I urgently wait to receive your response.

Reply to: agentrobertgodwin@gmail.com

SINCERELY,
MR. ROBERT GODWIN
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.

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