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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: "Mr Ronald Anthony" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fbi-office@foxmail.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:13:58 +0200
Subject: RE: ISSUES OF FRAUD CRIME AGAINST YOU FBI

THIS IS THE (F.B.I)
http://www.fbi.gov

FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001


FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI)


Attention

This the Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) We are writing in response to
our track light monitoring device which we received today in our office
about the illegal transactions that you have been involve in for a long time
now.

We understand from our general investigations that some con men from
Australia has been ripping a man off him hard earned money with the pretense
of dealing with birds Company that will deliver a pet to him and the
proposed amount which was to be transferred to you is the sum of $5,000,000
Usd as stated in our record here.

We also got a complain from our Australia man counterpart stating that your
identity/information's was used to dupe a Australia business man to the tune
of $4 Billion Usd by some Australia Fraudsters which you have been in
contact with for some time now.

The German Government has ordered for your urgent arrest regarding the
crimes that was committed with your name,after all the series of
investigations conducted here in our office we tracked your record and we
found out that you have never been jailed or had any fraudulent case that
may jeopardize your image and personality.

All this information's are on record and we are going to use it against you
in the world court when this case will be brought before it and we called
the Australia High Commission for an urgent compensation for the bad deed
that has been committed with your name.

The Australia Government has made available the sum of $950,000.00 Usd for
your compensation and then we would like to inform you to stop any further
communications with the con men so that you will not be brought before the
law..

We also discovered that you have made some payments to them earlier for this
same funds that was to be sent to you.

Don't forget that all your properties will be confiscated as soon as you are
jailed because it will be believed that you got them from fraudulent and
dubious business transactions like the one that you are in right now.

We have forwarded a copy of this information's to all the states crime
agencies including,

National Crime Information Center (NCIC)

CrimTrac Agency, Canberra,

Crime and Corruption Commission

Crime and Misconduct Commission

Home Land Security Service.

Economic And Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)

Nigerian Local Metropolitan Police (NLMP)

So all you need to do right now in other to clear your name from the scam
list which has already been forwarded to our office is to secure the CLEAN
BILL CERTIFICATE immediately.

This Certificate will then clear your name from the scam list and also after
the Certificate has been issued to you, you will then forward it to the
payment officer for the urgent transfer of your compensation funds of
$950,000.00 Usd.

You are required to forward to us your private contact number for oral
communications and don't forget that you will be given only 72hours to
secure the CLEAN BILL CERTIFICATE or you will face the law and its
consequences.

Your e-mail address is now under our e-mail track monitor, so you should
make sure that you don't respond to any e-mail that is being sent to you
from anybody or organization that claims to be working for the Government.

Forward the details of the payment you made to them earlier, and also all
the information's/documents that was forwarded to you by those criminals
that you have been in contact with for a long time now.

Also below is my attached Identity Card for your perusal.

Get back to us as soon as you receive this e-mail so that we can guild you
on how to secure the Certificate within 72hours.

THANKS FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION.

Thanks as I wait for your response

Respectively
Mr Ronald Anthony
FBI AGENT

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