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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: "Comey" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamescomeyfbiwashngtondic@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 05:37:26 -0000
Subject: THIS MESSAGE IS FROM THE NEW DIRECTOR FBI JAMES B. COMEY, GET BACK TO ME

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
J. EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING
935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535-0001


DEAR FUND BENEFICIARY


After series of meeting held by the United State President Barack Obama, there is a need for a change of leadership in the office of the FBI (FEDERAL BUREAU OF

INVESTIGATION) which terminates the tenure of Robert Muller on the 4th of September 2013, the US PRESIDENT Barrack Obama appointed me Mr. James B. Comey to see the

affairs of the FBI, as the new director of this office FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION I promised him (Barack Obama) that I will serve with total sincerity and honest

in the discharge of my duties by ensuring that every beneficiary who has not been paid will definitely receive his or her payment during my tenure.

In view of this, Kindly be inform that your inheritance/contract/award winning fund(Lotto) valued $15 million USD has been approved for payment and it is now up to

you to show concern for the collection of this payment approved in your favor.

In furtherance to this approval, our duty is to investigate matters relating to scams, frauds of various kinds in order to bring to Book offenders.

Therefore, all necessary arrangement has been perfected for you to immediately contact the office of STATE SECURITY SERVICE (SSS) spear headed by JOHN PERI for the

issuance of the releasing documents to you that will empower the bank to effect your payment.

These documents are expected to be obtain at no cost there at the office of STATE SECURITY SERVICE -ABUJA-NIGERIA which is the origin of this payment.

After securing the documents from SSS (STATE SECURITY SERVICE) then you SEND it to me and I will pass instruction to the releasing Bank to effect your payment into

your nominated account.

Thus I am assuring you that all you have experienced in the past through Mr. Robert Muller has definitely come to an end.
So feel- free to communicate with me upon the receipt of this payment memo!

Yours Faithfully

James B. Comey, Jr.
New Director FBI

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