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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: "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)" <info@fbi.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: larrywhite.fbiinternetdept@live.com
Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2011 20:13:26 +0530 (IST)
Subject: FBI UK Internet Fraud Watch/Alert

OFFICER IN-CHARGE:
NAME: Mr. Larry White @
FBI UK Internet Fraud Watch/Alert
Phone: +447045750924
E-mail: larrywhite.fbiinternetdept@live.com


ATTENTION:

Sequel to the recent update from our office regarding the investigation
carried out by our intelligent Monitoring Network, that you have an
ongoing transaction with Charles Stanley (Cole and Cole associate
chambers), as the Beneficiary of the said ($ 155,600,000 (One Hundred and
Fifty Five million Six Hundred thousand United States Dollars), being
deposited in (Barclays BANK) London by the late Graham Robert.

I write to inform you that the British Government has threaten to
confiscate the funds if by (11/11/2011) you are not able to transfer the
funds to your account. I did contact Charles Stanley about this issue and
was told this was in line with the Graham Robert will. The will states
that if the beneficiary is not able to meet the transferring bank
requirement, the fund should be confiscated by the British High Court and
the fund be used for charity too.

To this end we write to inform you that every detail about this
information is legitimate to the best of our knowledge. I think if you are
really interested in the transaction, you should be able to meet the
transferring bank directives and have the said fund transferred to you
ASAP so you can commence the charity work. The bank has assured that they
will transfer the funds to your designated bank account latest 48 hours
after the fee is paid. I will advise that you proceed and make the payment
of the said charge soonest to ensure that you don't have to forfeit this
fund as the British High Court will confiscate the funds to their account
if you are not able to transfer the funds from Graham Robert account to
your personal account.

Note that our office will continually monitor every transaction with you
over the internet, and we wish to inform you that so far it’s only the
transaction with (Charles Stanley) that is legitimate and we advise that
you stop further communication you have with anybody except for the Graham
Robert trust fund.

OFFICER IN-CHARGE:
NAME: Mr. Larry White @
FBI UK Internet Fraud Watch/Alert
Phone: +447045750924
E-mail: larrywhite.fbiinternetdept@live.com

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