419 scam: "F.B.I"<waley22@videotron.ca> Your Destiny has been fulfiled

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",000,000" (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)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "cashier's check" (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348089115489 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- departmentalpaymentoffice201@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "F.B.I" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <departmentalpaymentoffice201@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 03:41:30 -0000
Subject: Your Destiny has been fulfiled

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
Attn: Beneficiary,
This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System
that you legally won the sum of $10,000,000 USD from a Lottery Company outside
the United States of America. During our investigation we discovered that your
e-mail won
the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to
be paid to you via a Certified Cashier's Check.
Normally, it will take up to 5 business days for an International Check to be
cashed by your local bank. We have successfully notified this company on your
behalf that
funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United States Of America
so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay, henceforth the
stated amount
of $10,000,000 USD has been deposited with Bank Of America.
We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the
winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100%
risk
free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of America you
will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent
in-charge of
this transaction whom is located in Lagos, Nigeria. According to our
discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -
(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an American
Bank which is - Bank Of America )
(2) Cashier's Check Conversion Fee ( Fee for converting the Wire Transfer
payment into a Certified Cashier's Check )
(3) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the Cashier's Check to your
home address and this fee includes Insurance )
The total amount for everything is $500.00 (Five Hundred-US Dollars). We have
tried our possible best to indicate that this $500.00 should be deducted from
your winning
prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of
America and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore
you will be
required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this transaction
via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram.
In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the
agent in-charge ( Mr. Franco Coppola) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find
appropriate
contact information:Email Address; departmentalpaymentoffice201@gmail.com
Name To Contact; Franco Coppola
PHONE NUMBER; +234-8089115489
Should in case you need any more informations in regards to this notification,
feel free to get back to us so that we can brief you more as we are here to
guide you
during and after this project has been completely perfected and you have
received your contract fund as stated.Thank you very much for your anticipated
co-operation in
advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.
BEST REGARDS
Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters In Washington, D.C.a
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA Email:federalbureauofinvestigations033@live.co.uk

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