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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: AGENT GARRY WALKER <loiscorbett@ymail.com>
Reply-To: fbibureau63@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:30:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FBI SIGNED AGAINST YOU

































YOU FAILED TO COMPLY WITH OUR DIRECTIVES AND THAT WAS THE REASON WHY WE
DIDN'T HEAR FROM YOU ON THE 20TH AS OUR DIRECTOR HAS ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT
YOU GET THE PROCESS COMPLETED YESTERDAY AND RIGHT NOW THE WARRANT OF ARREST HAS
BEEN SIGNED AGAINST YOU AND IT WILL BE CARRIED OUT IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AS
STRICTLY SIGNED BY THE FBI DIRECTOR.
 
WE HAVE INVESTIGATED AND FOUND OUT
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHEN THE FRAUDULENT DEAL WAS COMMITTED WITH YOUR
INFORMATION'S/IDENTITY AND RIGHT NOW IF YOU ID IS PLACED ON OUR WEBSITE AS A
WANTED PERSON, I BELIEVE YOU KNOW THAT IT WILL BE A SHAME TO YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE
FAMILY BECAUSE AFTER THEN IT WILL BE ANNOUNCE IN ALL THE LOCAL CHANNELS THAT YOU
ARE WANTED BY THE FBI.
 
AS A GOOD CHRISTIAN AND A HONEST MAN, I 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 ALL BECAUSE YOUR INFORMATION'S
WAS USED TO CARRY OUT A FRAUDULENT TRANSACTIONS, I CALLED THE EFCC AND THEY
DIRECTED ME TO A PRIVATE ATTORNEY WHO COULD HELP YOU GET THE PROCESS DONE AND HE
STATED THAT HE WILL ENDORSE, SIGN AND STAMP THE DOCUMENT AT THE SUM OF $49USD
ONLY AND I BELIEVE THIS PROCESS IS CHEAPER FOR YOU.
 
YOU NEED TO DO
EVERYTHING POSSIBLE WITHIN TODAY AND TOMORROW TO GET THIS PROCESS DONE BECAUSE
OUR DIRECTOR 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 ID  TO ONE IMPOSTOR/FRAUDSTERS CALLED DR USMAN SHAMSUDEEN LAST MONTH 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 $5,000,000.00 USD.
 
I PLEADED ON
YOUR BEHALF SO THAT THIS AGENCY COULD GIVE YOU THE 8/6/2011 BEING TODAY SO THAT
YOU COULD GET THIS PROCESS DONE BECAUSE I LEARNT THAT YOU WERE SENT SEVERAL
E-MAIL WITHOUT GETTING A RESPONSE FROM YOU, PLEASE BEAR IT IN MIND THAT 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 WITH IT HAS BEFALL ON YOU.
 
YOU WOULD
MAKE THE PAYMENT THROUGH MONEY GRAM TRANSFER OR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
WITH THE BELOW DETAILS.
 
RECEIVER NAME====HENRY
OBIORA
COUNTRY==========BENIN REPUBLIC
CITY==============
PORT-NOVO
TEXT QUESTION====HONEST
TEXT ANSWER=====TRUST
AMOUNT=====$49
USD     
SENDERS NAME======
 
SEND THE PAYMENT DETAILS TO ME WHICH ARE
SENDERS NAME AND ADDRESS, MTCN NUMBER, TEXT QUESTION AND ANSWER USED AND THE
AMOUNT SENT.
 
MAKE SURE THAT YOU DIDN'T HESITATE MAKING THE PAYMENT DOWN
TO THE AGENCY BY TODAY BEING THE 14 OF JNUE SO THAT THEY COULD HAVE THE
CERTIFICATE ENDORSED, SIGNED AND STAMPED IMMEDIATELY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER
DELAY.
 
AFTER ALL THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN CARRIED OUT, THEN WE WOULD HAVE
TO PROCEED TO THE BANK FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR COMPENSATION FUNDS WHICH IS
VALUED AT THE SUM OF $9,0000,000.00 USD WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO HAVE BEEN
TRANSFERRED TO YOU ALL THIS WHILE.
 
NOTE/ ALL THE CRIMES AGENCIES HAS
BEEN CONTACTED ON THIS REGARDS AND WE WOULD USE YOUR ADDRESS WHICH IS STATED
ABOVE AND YOUR ID TO TRACE YOU IF YOU DISREGARD THIS INSTRUCTIONS.
THANKS FOR
YOUR CO-OPERATION.
 
THANKS AS I WAIT FOR YOUR
RESPONSE
 
RESPECTIVELY
AGENT GARRY WALKER
FBI SPECIAL
AGENT
E-MAIL fbibureau63@yahoo.co.uk
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)


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