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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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Fraud email example:

From: Fbi Crimes Division <fbi.specialagent@one.co.il>
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2011 16:59:08 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Shipping Code: #AXIB 131ZXR







































Special Agent Dr. Larry Moss and
Robert S. Mueller III, Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Fbi
Headquarters In Washington, D.C.  20535J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania
Avenue,NW Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA Website: www.fbi.gov
 
 Attn: Beneficiary,
 
I am
Dr. Larry Moss, the personal secretary to the FBI Director; Robert S. Mueller
III. Investigations revealed that you have spent a lot on your personal earned
money obtaining transfer documents as requested by Imposters, costing you a lot
of money, yet all efforts to receive your overdue payment have been to no
avail.
 
With the help of some of the best Internet investigators attached
to the FBI, we have taken out time in screening through this project as
stipulated on our protocol of operation and in addition, we sent special
financial crime investigators from Washington DC to Africa in other to carry out
proper investigations after receiving series of reports similar to yours as you
are not the only person awaiting the legal transfer of funds from
Africa.
 
Based on the findings of our special financial crime
investigators, we discovered that your impending payment is being delayed by
Imposters, claiming to be Western Union Money Transfer And Money Gram, In our
bid to transparency, I am pleased to inform you that a meeting was held as
regards the best way to affect the compensation exercise for transparency and
most especially to avoid reoccurrence of the delay in payment. In conclusion, we
came to a final resolution as all the Financial Institutions involved was duly
represented. It might interest you to note that MasterCard International have
hence been empowered to assist the Federal Ministry of Finance and all the
financial institutions involved;
 
The first Batch of payment; Two
million, five hundred thousand United States dollars ($2,500,000.00), Credited
to MasterCard Account No. 5148 6547 8940 6544 with serial Numbers: 2419873 and
Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4172 was approved to be issued to you as a valid
international ATM MasterCard accepted in more than a million ATM's, over 210
countries around the World, with a daily withdrawal Limit of Ten thousand United
States Dollars. $10,000.00.
 
Be inforim that this is your shipment
Code.
 
Shipment Code: #AXIB 131ZXR,
 Security Code No: #
01721457,
PACKAGE No: # JKT0014523,
Items No: # J247,
Size of the
items: 36m by 52m,
Weight of the items: 31kg.  
 
The ATM card has
already being packaged and approved to be delivered to your door step via UPS
Couriers Services. which is a Registered and Credible courier company that has
clearly proved their Integrity and first class delivery services in the just
concluded First Quarter payment of the year 2011.
 
Due to my position in
service i called the Federal Ministry of Finance head quarter of Benin and i
made a complain to them in regard to your package and i also told them that i
want your package to be shipped to you as soon as possible. I received an update
from Federal Ministry of Finance today in regard to your package i want you to
follow there advice and instruction so your package can be shipped to you. they
made me understand that the charge fee holding your package is $150 only and
once the charge fee is paid shipment will commence that same day.
 
My
advice to you now is to go ahead and send the $150 to them i will make sure
shipment commence once the charge fee is received by them. Note: MY ADVICE AND
INSTRUCTION IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THIS TRANSACTION TO COME TO AN END QUICK AND
YOU NEED TO DO AS I SAID.
 
Make sure you keep me update once you receive
your package and also let me know once you send the charge fee required so i can
also make sure shipment commence that same day.  
 
Federal Bureau of
Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building935 Pennsylvania Avenue,NW
Washington,
D.C.20535-0001, USA
WEBSITE:
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/directors/directmain.htm
WEBSITE:
http://www.fbi.gov/libref/executives/director.htm
 
SEND THE CHARGE FEE
VIA WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM AND I ASSURE YOU SHIPMENT WILL COMMENCE.I WANT
YOU TO USE THE INFORMATION BELOW TO SEND THE REQUIRED CHARGE FEE.I WILL FORWARD
THE CONFIRMATION DETAILS TO HIM AND I WILL MAKE SURE SHIPMENT COMMENCE ONCE UPS
RECEIVED THE CHARGE FEE.
 
 
RECEIVER : FRANK M. OKECHUKWU
ADDRESS:
29 AIRPORT ROAD
CITY: COTONOU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
ZIPCODE:
229
TEXT QUESTION: BEST
ANSWER: WAY
MTCN.....
 
Once payment is
made get back to me with the payment confirmation details required below so
shipment can commence. and i will forward it to UPS so shipment will commence
immediately.



Terrorist WASHINGTON
DCAnti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Fbi Headquarters In Washington,
D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation


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